Current news and events

Newspaper: EU breaks promise of safe passage for 50,000 refugees

Leonie Jegen talks to Deutsche Welle about the current status of an EU programme for the resettlement of 50,000 refugees from Libya to Europe.

23. October 2019

MEDAM-Launch: Rethinking EU migration and asylum policies

Franzisca Zanker spoke in Brussels about the West African perspective on EU migration and asylum policy.

23. October 2019

Visitors from the University of Ghana

On 22^th October 2019, the ABI welcomed Prof. Dr. Raymond Atuguba and Dr. Sena Dei-Tutu, both from the Law Faculty at the University of Ghana.

22. October 2019

Guest at ABI: Libyan women's rights activist Hala Bugaighis

On 14^th October Hala Bugaighis, a Libyan women's rights activist and lawyer visited ABI together with two repesentattives from the NGO AMICA e.V.

17. October 2019

Call for Papers: Governing (In)Securities: Politics and Securitization in Asian Context

IQAS provides a forum for multidisciplinary research on current and historical topics relevant to politics, economics and society in contemporary Asia.

27. September 2019

Libya: Humanitarian Solutions Won’t Solve Political Problems

Leonie Jegen and Franzisca Zanker published an op-ed about a new evacuation plan to fly out migrants to Rwanda from Libya.

23. September 2019

Migration Governance in Niger: ABI Dissemination Event

Leonie Jegen presented the study on the political dimensions of migration management in Niamey.

20. September 2019

African Excellence: CEGLA opening ceremony

Andreas Mehler and Helga Dickow were in Dakar for the CEGLA opening ceremony and the network meeting of DAAD-funded centres of excellence in Africa.

19. September 2019

Call for Applications

The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) offers several Fellowship announcements for interested scientists.

18. September 2019

Natural disasters: Expectations and political response

Erik Plänitz wrotes @ACLED blog about "Missed Expectations and Disorder: The Dilemma of Political Response to Disasters".

11. September 2019