Conflict, Peace and Security in Africa
Susanna Moorehead and Christopher Cramer

• Friday 16 June 2017, 7.40PM to 8.30pm
• Free admission
  Booking required
• Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, University of York (map|getting to campus)
• Wheelchair accessible

Event details

Stories of wars and conflict in Africa resonate repeatedly in the news. But do these narratives reflect the realities of lived experiences on the ground? What unintended benefits come out of conflict and war situations, and for whom? Is there ever a good side to the story, and what do we know about these different perspectives?

Join Susanna Moorehead, British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibuoti and Permanent Representative to the African Union and Christopher Cramer of SOAS University of London as they discuss the key threats to peace and security in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa and the best ways to address them. They will examine the threats posed by conflict and corruption, the challenges of peacebuilding in contested states, what local parties are doing on the ground, and what third parties can, or cannot, do to help.

This event is sponsored by the University of York’s Department of Politics’ Conflict, Peace and Security group, and the University’s Centre for Applied Human Rights.

About the speakers

Susanna Moorehead is currently serving as the British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti and Permanent Representative to the African Union. Susanna previously served as DFID's Western and Southern Africa Director, the UK’s Executive Director to the World Bank, and as the Head of DFID India. She is also a University of York Politics graduate, and received her honorary doctorate from York in 2014.

Christopher Cramer is Professor of the Political Economy of Development at SOAS University of London. His research interests include the economics of Africa, political economy of development, political economy of war and peace in southern Africa; post-conflict reconstruction.and trade; and poverty and rural labour markets.

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