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How international volunteering can contribute to development in Africa? Can it? What are the advantages of it for either the local population or the volunteers themselves?

Zsolt Molnár presented a few considerations from his paper at our conference: 2021 International Virtual conference on “Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa”.

Find out more from the full paper that will be published 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 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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On April 6, 2021 the Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering of Óbuda University and Stellenbosch University of South Africa (SU) signed a cooperation agreement.

The agreement between the Africa Research Institute operating under the auscipes of the OE BGK Doctoral School of Security Studies and the Center for Military Studies (CEMIS) of the SU includes the initiation of joint research and seminars as the main directions. Furthermore, the parties are committed to organise international conferences, and conduct publication activites in the field of security and defense, as well as civil-military relations.

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On November 17 2020, our researchers participated in the second ‘International Conference on Central European Critical Infrastructure Protection‘ (ICCECIP) as section leaders and lecturers.

For more information: http://regi.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/iccecip/2020/conference-program

On November 5-6 2020, our researchers participated as organizers and speakers at the ‘International Scientific Conference Strategies XXI, The complex and dynamic nature of the security environment‘.

For more information: https://www.strategii21.ro/index.php/en/

ICCECIP 2019, the ‘International Conference on Central European Critical Infrastructure Protection‘, was held at the Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering of the University of Óbuda as part of the Hungarian Science Festival on 18-19th of November 2019. Our colleagues and researchers from the African Research Institute also attended.

For more information about the ICCECIP annual conference: http://regi.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/iccecip/2019/conference-program 

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/