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Call for Papers: EUCOR Cross-border Workshop Series: The trouble with the state. Boundaries and Networks in Africa

Young social science researchers working on Africa are invited to submit their papers for the EUCOR Cross-border workshop series.

16. January 2020

New Africa Centre for Transregional Research

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

17. December 2019

A hotspot for German-Ghanaian friendship: Freiburg welcomes a delegation from Accra

The Lord Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, visited his Freiburg counterpart Martin Horn and the University of Freiburg, where he also met Andreas Mehler.

12. December 2019

Twelve million euros for international research college in Africa

After a successful evaluation by the BMBF, the "Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa" is entering the second funding period.

4. December 2019

The territorial public service: dynamics of actors, themes and local development

Helga Dickow took part in the international colloquium of the DAAD-funded Centre d'Excellence de Gouvernance Locale en Afrique (CEGLA) in Niamey.

3. December 2019

Migration Governance in Senegal: ABI Dissemination Event

Leonie Jegen presented the first results of the research on migration governance in Senegal in Dakar, co-organised with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

26. November 2019

WAMIG Stakeholder Workshop Accra 2019

On the 21- 22nd November the WAMIG team met with academics and civil society activists from Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and the Gambia in Accra.

25. November 2019

Why return from Europe is causing problems for The Gambia

Judith Altrogge and Franzisca Zanker write an article about the problems that the return of refugees to their homeland brings with it.

22. November 2019

Making sense of Bolivia’s discontent

Alke Jenss writes on openDemocracy about the current events in Bolivia and classifies them with a view to the last 10 years under Morales.

22. November 2019

Call for Papers: EUCOR Cross-border Workshop Series: The trouble with the state. Boundaries and Networks in Africa

Young social science researchers working on Africa are invited to submit their papers for the EUCOR Cross-border workshops series.

20. November 2019