Upcoming Panels on African Public Policy:

Coming soon ...

 

Past Panels on African Public Policy:

Zimbabwe: What Next?

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006, 4 pm

Starr Auditorium, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Panelists included:

  • Elias Mudzuri, MPA/MC ’06, John F. Kennedy School of Government, National Organizer of the Movement for Democratic Change, First opposition Mayor of Harare

  • Todd Moss, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development,  Author of “After Mugabe: Applying Post-Conflict Recovery Lessons to Zimbabwe” (to be published by the Africa Policy Journal)

  • Andrew Chadwick, MPA/MC ’06, John F. Kennedy School of Government,  Zimbabwean political activist and journalist

Moderated by:

  • Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Instrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, John F. Kennedy School of Government,  Author of “When States Fail: Causes and Consequences and Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy”

Contacts:

  • Mutsa Chironga, Africa Policy Journal, (617) 642 4866

  • Markus Scheuermaier, Africa Caucus, (617) 642 4553

 

PANEL Discussion: 4 Million Dead...but who's counting? The Forgotten tragedy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wednesday May 11th, 2005

 

An Event Co-Sponsored by the DARFUR ACTION GROUP and the Center for International Development

 

A discussion with two experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo: 

  • Fabienne Hara, Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights

  • David Kayombo, Mid-Career, Former country director of World Vision

The United Nations has estimated that more than 4 millions people have died since 1998, when the war started in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, 16 million Congolese are going hungry, more than 2 million have been displaced by the war, two out of five children are dying in infancy and another 31 000 are dying each month under our watch. Join us in a student discussion with two DRC experts to investigate the root causes of the First African World War.

Lunch Seminar with  Ketty Opoka, "Bridgebuilder in Uganda"

Friday, February 18th, 2005

The 2005 International BridgeBuilders Conference brings activists and development workers from the world to share their grassroots experiences with the Harvard community. One of this year's BridgeBuilders is Ketty Opoka from northern Uganda, an area of ongoing armed conflict. Over a decade ago, Ketty quitted her job as a schoolteacher to visit people living with HIV/AIDS in their homes, bringing a message of hope and humanity to her community's most marginalized members. Ketty's home visits eventually transformed into Meeting Point, a local non-government organization that provides support to people living with HIV/AIDS and AIDS orphans.  Ketty talked about her experiences, her motivations and frustrations, her successes and challenges - in a discussion moderated by David Chipanta. The discussion was part of the Center for International Development lunch series.

DARFUR: How To Respond To Genocide

Monday, October 18th, 2004

A Panel Discussion on the current situation on Darfur with:

  • Romeo DALLAIRE, Former Force Commander, United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda; Lieutenant General, 35 Years of Service with Canadian Armed Forces (Retired)

  • Omer ISMAIL, Director, Darfur Peace and Development

  • John PRENDERGAST, Special Advisor to the President, International

  • Samantha POWER, Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy; Author, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (2003)

  • Michael IGNATIEFF (Moderator), Carr Professor of Human Rights Practice, Kennedy School of Government; Director, Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

The panelists offered their perspective on the daunting situation in Darfur, the responsibilities of the international community and the immediate need for action.