ANCIP is pleased to announce the launch of two new publication series: the ANCIP Policy Papers and the ANCIP Working Papers. The series are dedicated to providing information on ongoing research, exploring novel topics, and generating policy advice on topics related to African non-military conflict intervention practices.
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El-Ghassim Wane, former head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been this fall’s ANCIP fellow at Leipzig University. Among others, Wane is a former UN assistant secretary-general peacekeeping, former chief advisor to the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), and director peace and security at the AUC. He spend his time in Leipzig writing policy briefs and background papers on peacekeeping and discussing with our PhD students working on the African peace and security architecture.
New ANCIP Fellow El-Ghassim Wane in Leipzig Read More »
The ANCIP team held its fifth network workshop in Leipzig, enjoying three sunny days around the beautiful Nikolaikirche. Like the previous times, these days spent together were a great opportunity to reconnect, exchange and plan the next steps of our project.
5th ANCIP workshop in Leipzig Read More »
On 8 July 2024, ANCIP was represented at the European Conference on Politics and Gender, taking place from 8-10 July at Ghent University. ANCIP fellow S. Elisabeth Warnck co-chaired a panel on Feminist approaches to regional peace and security in the Global South, with Dr. Karmen Tornius (Freie Universität Berlin).
Feminist approaches to regional peace and security in the Global South Read More »
In February and March 2024, ANCIP fellow, Camille Vern, spent two months as a visiting research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
Visiting Research Fellowship at NUPI in Oslo Read More »
Camille Vern, research fellow and PhD candidate at ANCIP, conducted research at the headquarters of the African Union from the beginning of August until the end of November 2023. During her time in Addis Ababa, she met with relevant stakeholders at the AU, experts on mediation and preventive diplomacy, as well as representatives of partners of the continental institution.
Research Stay at African Union Headquarters, Camille Vern Read More »
In late August of 2023 one of our ANCIP-researchers travelled to Ghana to explore the Ghanian peace structures. Upon her arrival she had the opportunity to discuss peacebuilding mechanisms with public officials, academics and civil society. The objective of this research visit was to understand how different actors work together to foster peacebuilding.
ANCIP in Ghana, Field Research Stay by Jasmin Schmitz Read More »
At the invitation of Dr. Antonia Witt, I was privileged to spend two months (June to July 2023) as a visiting research professor at PRIF.
The visit allowed me to interact with PRIF staff and conduct research in three main areas: mediation of African conflicts by retired presidents; assess the mediation initiative by African presidents in the Russia-Ukraine conflict (June 2023); and co-author a policy brief with Dr. Dimpho Deleglise, a PRIF fellow, on the implementation of peace agreements in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Ethiopia
Gilbert Khadiagala, ANCIP Fellow at PRIF – A Brief Report on Activities Read More »
Dimpho Deleglise executed her first field study expedition to Addis Ababa from May 16 to June 16, 2023, to investigate the practical implementation and institutional embedding of the African Union’s diplomatic engagement in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, via its High-Level Panel of three Special envoys.
Field research stay in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 2023 Read More »
Mona Saleh conducted field research in Abuja, Nigeria, from April 9 to April 29, 2023, with the aim of exploring the relationship between ECOWAS and its development partners, specifically focusing on how this relationship shapes ECOWAS’s non-military intervention practices, including mediation, preventive diplomacy, and early warning.
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