The current conflict situation in Zimbabwe
12. August 2019“I have lost all hope in our nation as things have just been getting worse.” “It is not sustainable, that is how I see the […]
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The current conflict situation in Cameroon
25. July 2019Cameroon – a “microcosm of Africa” – is a country in Central Africa in which the most diverse cultures, forms of life, religions and languages […]
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The Sub-Saharan Africa Region
22. June 2019The Sub-Saharan Africa region describes the part of the African continent situated geographically south of the Sahara and therefore comprises – according to the definition […]
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IFAIR as Input Giver at a Seminar about “War and Peace”
15. May 2019On 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 […]
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Africa’s Last Colony: The Question of Western Sahara
12. April 2017The 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 […]
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Focus on Tanzania
29. October 2015Sorry, 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!
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Empowering Students to Advocate Disability Rights in Tanzania
17. September 2015Academic institutions have a big role to play with respect to the promotion of human rights. As demonstrated by the Disability Rights Education and Legal […]
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Lifting Up the African Poor by Promoting Microcredit Initiatives
3. April 2015Microcredit (or Microfinance) has proved its value in many countries as one of the major means of alleviating poverty. It has the potential to change […]
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Regional Director
If you’re interested in shaping the Sub-Saharan Africa section of IFAIR as a regional director or if you want to submit an article, please contact Katharina.
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Katharina LangeExecutive Board, Finances, Regional Director Sub-Saharan Africa
Katharina Lange
Executive Board, Finances, Regional Director Sub-Saharan Africa
Katharina Lange is an executive board member and responsible for finances. She is also regional director for “Sub-Saharan Africa”.
Katharina is currently doing her Master’s degree in Development Economics and International Studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. During several internships and a recent exchange semester at the University of Limpopo in South Africa, she has been focusing on sustainability as well as the economic and financial development of Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this, Katharina graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Law from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. For her thesis, she conducted an ethical and economic analysis on conflict diamonds. During her Bachelor‘s, she also took part in an exchange program with the Université de Strasbourg in France. Katharina speaks German, English, French and is learning Swahili.
Contact: katharina.lange@ifair.eu
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