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Africa - Audio and Transcripts (members' only)

Members-only audio and transcripts from members' events related to Africa are listed below. Other event transcripts can be found in the reports and papers section under 'Other Resources'.

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Tuesday 22 July 2008 13:30 to 14:30
Leadership and Democracy in Africa
The Honourable Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
Chair: The Rt Hon the Lord Steel of Aikwood
Meeting Transcript

Monday 23 June 2008 17:30 to 18:30
Lost Opportunities in the Horn of Africa
Sally Healy, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House
Discussant: David Stephen, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia (1997-2001)
Chair: HE Mrs Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar, High Commissioner for the United Republic of Tanzania
Meeting Transcript

Thursday 19 June 2008 17:30 to 18:30
The Crisis in Somalia
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Somalia
Chair: David Stephen, UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Somalia (1997-2001) and Guinea-Bissau (2002-2004)
Meeting Transcript

Thursday 10 April 2008 13:30 to 14:30
Up From the Ashes? Kenya's Political Crisis
Lucy Hannan, reporter, freelance contributor to Channel 4 News and political commentator
Henry Maina, University of Warwick
Chair: David White, former Africa Editor, Financial Times
Meeting Transcript

Tuesday 11 March 2008 17:30 to 18:30
The Modern Commonwealth: A Glass more than Half Full
HE Rt Hon Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary-General (1999-2008)
Chair: Rt Hon Lord Luce
Meeting Transcript

Thursday 28 February 2008 13:30 to 14:30
United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact
- Professor Peter Wallensteen, Dag Hammarskjöld Chair in Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University (1985-); co-editor, International Sanc­tions: Between Words and Wars in the Global System (2005)
- Paul Holtom, Researcher, Arms Transfers Project, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Discussant: Alex Vines, Head, Africa Programme, Chatham House; arms investigator and Chair of the UN Group of Experts on Cote d'Ivoire (2005-07); diamond investigator for the UN Panel of Experts on Liberia (2001-03); author, 'Can UN arms embargoes in Africa be effective?' (International Affairs, November 2007)
- Chair: Dr Claire Spencer, Head, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
Meeting Transcript

Friday 22 February 2008 17:30 to 18:30
Darfur and Sino-African Relations
Ambassador Liu Guijin, Chinese Government Special Representative on Darfur
Chair: Ann Grant, Vice Chairman, Standard Chartered Capital Markets Ltd
Meeting Transcript Meeting Recording

Tuesday 12 February 2008 13:30 to 14:30
Explaining South Africa's Position on Sudan and Darfur
Laurie Nathan, University of Cape Town
Chair: Sally Healy, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House
Meeting Transcript

Tuesday 29 January 2008 13:15 to 14:15
Sierra Leone: An Agenda for Change
HE Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Chair: Dr Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House
Meeting Transcript