Sub-Saharan Africa

The Sub-Saharan Africa Region

Katharina Lange 22. June 2019

The Sub-Saharan Africa region describes the part of the African continent situated geographically south of the Sahara and therefore comprises – according to the definition […]

IFAIR as Input Giver at a Seminar about “War and Peace”

Katharina Lange 15. May 2019

On the May 8th, 2019 IFAIR’s Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Katharina Lange, was invited to give a talk at a seminar hosted by Akademie […]

Africa’s Last Colony: The Question of Western Sahara

Joana Westphal 12. April 2017

The Kingdom of Morocco has been readmitted into the African Union (AU) after 33 years. Morocco had left the former OAU in 1984 in protest against the admission […]

Focus on Tanzania

IFAIR 29. October 2015

Sorry, this article is only available in German. If you want to contribute to our English-language discussion on the Tanzanian elections, contact us at corinna[dot]coupette[at]ifair[dot]eu!

Empowering Students to Advocate Disability Rights in Tanzania

IFAIR 17. September 2015

Academic institutions have a big role to play with respect to the promotion of human rights. As demonstrated by the Disability Rights Education and Legal […]

Lifting Up the African Poor by Promoting Microcredit Initiatives

IFAIR 3. April 2015

Microcredit (or Microfinance) has proved its value in many countries as one of the major means of alleviating poverty. It has the potential to change […]

Ongwen’s Justice Dilemma

IFAIR 18. March 2015

The recent surrender and transfer of a senior Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Commander, the Ugandan Brigadier Dominic Ongwen, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) raises […]

Democracy on Trial – Tanzania before the 2015 Elections

IFAIR 11. October 2014

Since 1960, Tanzania has managed to hold Presidential and National Assembly elections every five years – and it will do so again in October 2015. […]