Human Security Dialogue Forum: Unconstitutional Regime Changes: The Resurgence of Coups in Africa
Addis Ababa, 9 September 2009
--- Register online for this event ---
- Programme (PDF 72kb)
Hosted by the African Human Security Initiative Secretariat, ISS Addis Ababa and the Hanns Seidel Foundation
Africa has recently experienced a return to more severe and potentially explosive unconstitutional regime changes. Whilst this problem has its roots in both the failure to manage the democratic transitions since decolonization and the quality of governance the region has experienced, constitutional manipulations, electoral fraud and the military coups are all phenomena that merit scrutiny in order to prevent power alternation models that escalate into full scale violent conflicts.
This Human Security Dialogue Forum will debate on these issues and will draw on cases from Madagascar, Mauritania, Guinea as well as from other countries where constitutions have been tempered with to allow current incumbents to stay on in power. Emphasis will be on the governance models that led to this scenario in these countries. The intention will be to come up with recommendations for regional bodies to prevent such machinations by would be rogue regimes. Guest presenters will be drawn from experts who follow trends in the regions where such problems have been rampant.
Date: Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Time: 09h00 - 13h00
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Programme
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09.45 Welcoming Remarks and Brief background on AHSI Chair, Roba Sharamo, Acting Director/Programme Head CPP-ISS
Revisiting the Trajectory of Regime Change in Africa –an overview, Ms Emma Birikorang, Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution Department, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
The Experiences of Unconstitutional Regime change in Madagascar, Mauritania and Guinea, Dr Muna Abdalla- CPP/ISS
The Power of RECs: Predicting future trends and mitigating the Phenomenon of Unconstitutional power alternation, Philip Attuquayefio, Research Fellow, Legon Centre for International Affairs
Discussion
Closing Remarks: Director, Wolf Krug- Hanns Seidel Foundation
12:40-13:30 Lunch
RSVP: Dr Annie Barbara Chikwanha, Tel: +251 113 72154/5/6; Email: achikwanha@issafrica.org
