Author: schneider.richard

The number of female perpetrators in terrorist groups has increased recently all over the world. Women play various roles: fighters, suicide bombers, recruiters, helpers etc. Women are also used increasingly for attacks as, due to cultural reasons, they tend to be checked less by security forces.

But why do women join terrorist groups? What programs are there to deradicalize them and how successful are they?

This what Dr. Mariann Kármán has just talked about at our conference: 2021 International Virtual conference on “Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa”.

You can read more on female violencers in the next edition of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (JCEEAS) coming up in November and available here:

https://jceeas.bdi.uni-obuda.hu/index.php/jceeas/issue/archive

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The Centre for Military Studies (CEMIS) from Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and the Africa Research Institute of the Óbuda University (Hungary) kindly invites you to the 2021 International Virtual conference on “Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa” on 22 September 2021.

• Panel 1: Human security perspective
• Panel 2: Socio-Economic development
• Panel 3: Technology and cyber-security
• Panel 4: Leadership and corporate governance

For the detailed programme and the registration, please follow the website.

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On August 3, the first double issue of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (JCEEAS) finally arrived! The latest issue of the electronic version of the journal that is published four times a year with dozens of scientific articles and book reviews.

The 2021/1-2 issue is available here: Vol. 1 No. 1-2 (2021) | Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (uni-obuda.hu)

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During the Cold War Russia was seeking to find a way to counter the influence of its rivals such as the US. So, it had began to develop diplomatic relations with its African counterparts. After some intermission during the 1990s, Russian-African relations have started to flourish when Putin came to power in 1999.

While the US’s ultimate aim is to tip the regional balance of power in its favour and have access to Africa’s resources, Moscow is now countering America’s influence in the continent by gaining control of natural resources and providing military support and intelligence.

For many African countries Russia can offer a strategic alternative to political and economic great powers as well as former colonial masters – said Prof. János Besenyő, Head of Africa Research Institute.

The original post is available on CNBC Africa by clicking on the link below:

https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2019/with-russia-expanding-its-interests-in-africa-can-it-serve-as-an-alternative-to-the-us-and-china/