Since the beginning of the fighting in the north of the country, the war has killed more than thousands people and forced more than 1.7 million to flee their homes. According to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and UN OHCHR joint investigation report, all parties to the conflict continue to be implicated in allegations of human rights violations.
Ethiopia’s multifaceted challenges require a nuanced understanding of the last 30 years’ political evolution. In order to understand the current situation, we have invited key speakers to discuss the origin of the conflict, the security situation and the role of the international community and the consequences of the conflict.

This 14th multi-disciplinary conference of the AUGent Africa Platform hopes to showcase how scientists, policy makers, engineers, artists, writers, opinion makers and educators anticipate the challenges of climate change, and reflect on alternative trajectories of societal transformation. Therefore its principal focus is on the impact of climate change on African cultures, landscapes and societies.

For this online edition we will use specific software to provide for - formal and informal - online interaction with the paper and poster presenters and with fellow colleagues. In this way we hope that the conference will still turn out to be an enriching and inspiring event.

De Maatschappij voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde te Gent (MGOG), het STAM en de Erfgoedcel Gent organiseren op zaterdagnamiddag 11 december 2021 de negende editie van de Dag van het Gentse historische onderzoek. Het thema van deze editie is 'Gent en de koloniale erfenis'.

Twelve years after his ground-breaking documentary Episode III: Enjoy Poverty (2008), artist Renzo Martens premieres a new film, White Cube. In this film, Congolese plantation workers build a museum on a former Unilever plantation and create art in order to create their own world. During this guest lecture, Martens will discuss his work; specifically, the responsibility the artist takes for the systems in which he operates.

The Africa Platform of AUGent warmly invites you to this year's edition of DocAfrica, a documentary festival with high-quality African documentaries.

On 16 December 2021 we will screen The White Hell (Egypt, 2018 - spoken in Arabic and subtitled in English) and Murder in Paris (South Africa, 2021 - spoken in French/English and subtitled in French).

The White Hell talks about one of the most dangerous and deadly workplaces in Egypt. Stonecutters and heavy-plant drivers navigate through clouds of white dust, which then enters their lungs, making breathing difficult. 300 square kilometers of limestone quarries, where 35,000 workers suffer from terrible working conditions, all for the meager salary of $3 to $4 a day.

Murder in Paris is a political crime thriller that traces the motives for the assassination of anti-Apartheid activist, Dulcie September. The story travels from the heart of Paris in March 1988 to the pursuit of justice in 2021.

After the film screening there will be a short interview with Murder in Paris protagonist Evelyn Groenink and film producer Enver Samuel.