Current news and events

COVID-19 and Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa

Franzisca Zanker & Khangelani Moyo wrote about south african pandemic responses on asylum processes, which will increase the precarity of the bureaucracy.

3. July 2020

ABI researchers write about the Corona Pandemic

ABI researchers have various research and regional focuses & look with this knowledge at what happened during the corona pandemic.

3. July 2020

Corona in Africa

Franzisca Zanker and Michael Cobb give an expert opinion on the spread and handling with the corona virus in Africa for the video podcast of the Uni Freiburg.

16. June 2020

Protests erupt in Djibouti over detention of military officer

Benedikt Kamski gave an interview with Agence France Press (AFP) about the current protests in Djibouti.

16. June 2020

Migration in The Gambia

Franzisca Zanker and Judith Altrogge wrote an overview article on migration to and from Gambia, with information on the country, interests and money flows.

4. June 2020

Colonial amnesia and Germany’s efforts to achieve ‘internal liberation’

Reinhart Kössler and Hennig Melber write in "The Conversation" about Germany's public amnesia of its colonial past.

2. June 2020

Sending a message to the wrong people

Antje Missbach writes a blog article in "Inside story" about the Australian refugee policy and the interest of other states in these campaigns.

8. May 2020

Opening of the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute from 11 May 2020

From Monday, 11th May, we will gradually reopen the Institute. Please note the following:

5. May 2020

How to improve the migration cooperation between the EU and Africa?

How to improve migration cooperation between the EU and Africa? Franzisca Zanker and colleagues worked on this issue for the MEDAM WAMIG project.

2. May 2020

New Africa Centre for Transregional Research

University of Freiburg and Arnold Bergstraesser Institute establish „Africa Centre für Transregional Research“ (ACT).

22. April 2020