A delegation of the U.S.-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) visited Niamey from May 12 to 16, 2013 to support the launch of the newly-established ACSS community chapter in Niger.
Category Archives: Community
Africa Center and U.S. Embassy Sponsor Symposium on Natural Resources and Conflict Prevention in Tanzania
May 20, 2013 – 11:24 am
A group of security sector experts and students convened in Dar es Salaam on 16 May, 2013 for a program discussing Natural Resources and Conflict Prevention.
ACSS Delegation Conducts a Program With Uganda Community Chapter in Kampala
March 6, 2013 – 9:42 am
[:EN]A delegation from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) visited Uganda on January 28 to February 6, 2013 to attend a workshop on “Improving Regional Responses to Transnational and Irregular Threats in Eastern Africa”
ACSS-Lesotho encouraged to continue keeping peace, stability
October 31, 2012 – 3:22 pm
A symposium was hosted by the United States(U.S) Embassy in Maseru and the Africa Centre to discuss the Role of Military in Elections and Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector.
Africa Center Co-Hosts Civil-Military Symposium, Launches Malawi Chapter
July 30, 2012 – 11:59 am
LILONGWE, Malawi – In partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) conducted an academic symposium July 25-26, 2012, on the topic of civil-military relations in a democracy, an important topic in Malawi, which underwent a lawful change of leadership in April when Vice President Joyce Banda assumed the presidency following the unexpected death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. The Africa Center symposium also marked the launch of the ACSS Community Chapter in Malawi.
ACSS Alumni Chapter Holds Conference in Senegal
December 1, 2011 – 12:12 pm
Military officers, high-ranking civilian government officials and members of the diplomatic corps gathered on November 19, 2011, in Dakar, Senegal, to discuss promoting a culture of peace and development in West Africa.
ACSS Conducts Botswana alumni chapter’s symposium on environmental challenges to the country’s security
October 12, 2011 – 12:12 pm
ACSS were in Gaborone in mid-September to take part in the Botswana alumni chapter’s symposium on environmental challenges to the country’s security.
Africa Center for Strategic Studies Mourns the Death of Wangari Maathai
September 26, 2011 – 9:38 pm
Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) community member Wangari Maathai died September 25 at the Nairobi Hospital after a long fight against ovarian cancer. She was 71.
Sierra Leone Forms a Community Chapter
September 19, 2011 – 3:38 pm
Senior members of Sierra Leone’s government and diplomatic corps were among the 47 people who attended the ceremony to launch ACSS’s 29th Community Chapter, August 17, in Freetown.
Swaziland Launches an ACSS Community Chapter
August 29, 2011 – 1:23 pm
The Kingdom of Swaziland officially launched an ACSS community chapter on 23 July in Mbabane, Swaziland. This is the 28th ACSS community chapter to be established in Africa.
