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: Spotlight
ACSS Senior Diplomatic Advisor Examines Threats Posed by Drug Trafficking in West Africa
May 21, 2013 – 4:46 pm
Drug trafficking poses an immense challenge to democratic governance and human security in West Africa, Brown wrote in the report, which was published by the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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 Holds Workshop in Dakar on Countering Violent Extremism in the Sahel
May 7, 2013 – 12:56 pm
Dakar, Senegal –A group of 67 experts and government officials from the United States, African governments, and international and non-governmental organizations have convened in Dakar, Senegal, beginning May 6, 2013, for a weeklong workshop examining ways to counter violent extremism through development.
Director of Spain’s Casa África Meets with Africa Center Leadership and Faculty
April 26, 2013 – 9:24 am
Santiago Martínez-Caro, Director General of Spain’s Casa África, visited the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) on April 22, 2013, in Washington, D.C. He met with ACSS faculty and leadership to discuss ways that the Africa Center and Casa África might work together. Based in Spain’s Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa, Casa África was created by the government of Spain in 2006 to promote closer relationships with African nations, including professional visits, exchanges, forums, and networks.
AFRICOM’s Gen. Rodriquez Visits Africa Center
April 26, 2013 – 9:05 am
The new commander of U.S. Africa Command, General David M. Rodriguez, visited the Africa Center April 23, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Gen. Rodriguez became AFRICOM commander April 5. He met with faculty and staff of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) for a discussion on the Africa Center’s recent and upcoming programs. He also sought out views from Africa Center academic experts on regional and security trends in Africa.
ACSS’ Dr. Nickels Lectures at Algerian High War College on Sahel Crisis
April 22, 2013 – 1:52 pm
Algeria has a critical role to play in responding to conflict and instability in the Sahel, the Africa Center’s Dr. Benjamin Nickels said in a presentation on March 21, 2013, at the Algerian High War College.
Ask the Expert: Dr. Hussein Solomon on Radical Islamism in Africa
April 19, 2013 – 3:40 pm
In this edition of Ask the Expert, Dr. Hussein Solomon, a leading expert on militant Islam and counterterrorism strategies in Africa—who lectures at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of the Free State in South Africa
U.S., African Executive Dialogue Examines Ways to Unlock Potential of Africa’s Peace & Security Architecture
April 10, 2013 – 2:49 pm
A high-level delegation of African security professionals, representatives of governments and regional institutions across Africa, and senior U.S. government officials convened in Washington April 10-12, 2013
Africa Center’s Dr. Nickels Analyzes Sahel Crisis in New Paper Published by Geneva Centre for Security Policy
April 9, 2013 – 3:04 pm
ACSS Professor of Transnational Threats Dr. Benjamin Nickels examines the several interrelated challenges that together drive the Sahel’s complex crises, such as the one now unfolding in Mali, in a new research publication from the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
