Bulletin

This issue of CODESRIA Bulletin has been released at a very critical moment for our continent and for the world. The outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa, which has claimed thousands of lives, is bringing to the

The year 2014 is the year of CODESRIA’s 14th General Assembly. The General Assembly is the most important governing organ of CODESRIA. The scientific conference of the General Assembly

On Thursday, 5 December 2013, the world lost one of its greatest leaders with the passing of Nelson Mandela. Few people have ever had as unanimous a celebration, in all continents of the world, upon their passing as the one

CODESRIA is now in the second year of a new Programmatic Cycle, 2012-2016, under a new Strategic Plan under the theme "Extending the Frontiers of Social Science Research and Bringing Social Research to Public Issues". The new Strategic Plan was

The year 2012 marks the beginning of a new Strategic Plan and a new Programmatic Cycle, both of which cover the same period, 2012-2016, for the first time in the history of CODESRIA. The new Strategic Plan is the result

CODESRIA entered the year 2012 with a new Executive Committee, a new President and a new Vice President, all of whom were elected during the 13th General Assembly of the Council held in December 2011 in Rabat, Morocco. The new

Every new century comes with its own challenges. Although the rapid changes in virtually all spheres of life make it difficult to clearly identify all the challenges that Africa will face this century, the fact remains that Africa has a

The year 2011 is the year of the 13th General Assembly of CODESRIA. The General Assembly is the highest governing organ of CODESRIA. It is the body that makes the most important policy decisions of the Council, elects the Executive

Africa has been given different derogatory names by the West. It was at one time called the Dark Continent! In the year 2000, the Economist in a major article came out screaming “Hopeless Africa”. It had its own motivations and

This issue of the CODESRIA Bulletin focuses on child and youth studies. All the articles, except the last one by Francis Nyamnjoh, were ‘think pieces’ first presented at an international conference on the theme: ‘New Frontiers of Child and Youth