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Data diplomacy: Examining data’s Impact as a tool for diplomatic activities

By |2022-03-14T14:23:37+00:00March 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: , , |

Data diplomacy initiatives have been positively portrayed by practitioners, laying an emphasis on the need for such moves to more directly address social and global challenges. 

The African-France Summit and an Overview of its Recommendations Since 1973

By |2022-01-14T17:58:34+00:00January 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: |

The declaration by President Mitterrand in June 1990 at the Franco-African Summit at the La Baule in which he asserted that France was going to henceforth support only countries that made greater democratic progress was a remarkable step in the resolution of the summit.

Zuma Goes to Jail: Implications for Rule of Law, Democracy, and Governance in South Africa

By |2021-12-14T14:15:00+00:00December 14th, 2021|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: |

In South Africa, the Constitutional Court recently found former president Zuma guilty of contempt of court and landed him a 15-month prison sentence, which is irrefutably a historic judgment in the annals of African politics.

Mali and the Challenges of Democratic Rule: Implications for Continental Democracy

By |2021-12-14T14:17:52+00:00December 14th, 2021|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: , |

As the transitional government emerged with high ambitions with support from international donors, this initial passion made way for sobering approaches, incarnated by the unhappiness with the transitional government; epitomized by an envisaged general strike by Mali’s biggest trade union federation UNTM.

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