HIGHLIGHTS OF Meetings and Events. Articles and Publications. 4t, Wilson Center Policy Brief "How Should America

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2 Meetings and Events HIGHLIGHTS OF January 9, 2013: Africa Can Help Feed Africa: Removing Regional Barriers to Trade in Food Staples... January 16, 2013: Director's Forum: The United States - Africa Partnership: The Last Four Years and Beyond... February 6, 2013: DRC Update: Overview on Security and Development by Prime Minister Matata Pon o Ma on Peace Education in Burundi African Regional Integration Southern Voices Initiative/African Think Tank Initiative The New Deal for Africa: Private Sector Capital, Trade and Investment in Africa Conflict Transformation Initiatives Michael Van Dusen, Executive Vice President Wilson Center, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), Johnnie Carson, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Steve McDonald, Director Africa Program and Leadership Project, Wilson Center Articles and Publications 4t, Wilson Center Policy Brief "How Should America Respond to Economic Opportunities in Africa?" by Steve McDonald ~ "The New Deal for Africa, illustrative proposals for a comprehensive us" I Africa trade & Investment Initiative by Steve McDonald, Stephen Lande and Dennis Matanda 1 Obiageli Ezekwesili, former World Bank Vice President for Africa

3 WELCOME TO... AFRICA CLOSE A nexus for analysis, ideas, and innovation for and from Africa About Africa UP Close provides a forum where perspectives on issues affecting Africa are developed and exchanged to promote partnership and create positive change on the continent. Each month features pieces by experts from Africa, informed scholars and practitioners working on issues affecting Africa, and a last word from Program Director Steve McDonald, in addition to pertinent news stories, recent papers and information on related events occurring throughout Washington, DC. Follow us and become part of a community where ideas can be shared, key issues can be defined, partnerships can be formed, innovative solutions can be fostered, and, most importantly, where African "voices" will be heard. Top Posts "Emerging Powers and Africa's Development Agenda in the 21st Century" by Mzukisi Qobo "Peace Education in Fragile States: A Hope for the Future" by Tina Robiolle-Moul "Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Development: Can Africa Take the Lead?" by Kevin Urama Follow us at: "The Escalating Crisis in Mali Requires Decisive Leadership" by David Zounmenou and Dimpho Motsamai 2

4 Meetings and Events 2012 IN REVIEW January ~ January 25, 2012: Is A Food Crisis Brewing in the Sahel? ~ January 30, 2012: Recent Developments in Nigeria: Subsidies, Spills and Security :z::,. a bruary ~ February 28, 2012: Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood ~ February 29, 2012: Webs of Conflict and Pathways to Peace in the Hom of Africa: A New A roach? March ~ March 23, 2012: Regional StabilitY._End Securi Issues in Africa: The Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso to Speak on Mediation, Prevention and Conflict Management ~ March 28, 2012: A Reception Tribute in Honor of Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President of the Africa Pro ram, World Bank April ~ April 1 o, 2012: Su ortin Local Leaders Working for Peace and Democracy in a Conflicted World: The Living Legacy of Raymond Shanholtz and Howard Wolpe ~ April 16, 2012: Military Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo ~ April 17, 2012: Youth in War and Post-War Africa: Priorities and Policies ~ April 20, 2012: Discussion with the Chairman of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission May ~ May 17, 2012: ODOR in Action: Civil Society Sustainability in U.S. Foreign Policy ~ May 21, 2012: Instability in West Africa: Issues and Challenges to Development and International Security ~ May 21, 2012: Intra- Trade and Infrastructure: A Discussion with the Eastern Africa Di lomatic Communit ~ May 30, 2012: Women's Leadership in Post-Conflict Lib~ria: My Journey A Book June ~ June 5-7, 2012: Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate: African Perspectives ~ June 12, 2012: 11th Civil Society Organization Session of the AGOA Forum on U.S. -sub-saharan African Trade and Economic Investment 4lt June 20, 2012: ~ountering the Lord's Resistance Army: A Civilian View from the Field 4lt June 26, 2012: South Africa: Transforming Tomorrow 41t June 28, 2012: Multi-track Diplomacy: Seen Throu h the E es of the Practitioner August ~ August 14, 2012: Understandin and Responding to Attacks on Civil Society: The Roles of Politics and Law 3

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6 Policy Briefs. Trade and Economic Development by William Krist and John Sewell, Senior Scholars Wilson Center, South Africa, the East African Community and the U.S.-Africa Policy Conundrum by Francis A. Kornegay, Senior Fellow Institute for Global Dialogue. Moving Targets: Youth Priorities and the Policy Response in War and Post-War Africa by Marc Sommers, Fellow, Wilson Center "United We Stand, Divided We Fall:" The Sudans After the Split by Alan Goulty, Wilson Center and Nuredin Satti, UNESCO (Ret) Francis Kornegay, Senior Fellow Institute for Global Dialogue, forrner Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Southern Voices Publications 4t, Africa on the Move!: The Role of Political Will and Community in Improving Access to Family Planning in Africa by Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu and Violet Murunga Brain Drain in Africa: State of the Issue and Possible Solutions by Bernard Mumpasi Lututala ~ Enhancing Climate Change Technology Transfer between the Global North and the Global South by Kevin Urama and Turner lsoun ft, Ener and Food Securit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Global Crisis Local Impacts by lbrahima Hathie and Benedict Yiyugsah Dirnpho Motsarnai, Researcher, Institute for Security Studies Onuoha and Mzukisi Qobo enda Reconsidered by Godwin. Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate: Perspectives on Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Africa by David Zounmenou, Dimpho Motsamai, and Fritz Nganje 5