11 Sep 2007: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: The Central African Republic and the Conflict in Darfur: Analysing a Conflict System and its Impact on the Region
Register Online: ISS Seminar: The Central African Republic and the Conflict in Darfur: Analysing a Conflict System and its Impact on the Region
Pretoria, 11 September 2007
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Presented by the African Security Analysis Programme
Presenter: Jean Paul Ngoupande
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Jean-Paul Ngoupandé is a former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. He was appointed by President Ange-Félix Patassé in 1996. He has run for president of the Central African Republic twice and served as foreign minister for one year. He is president of the National Unity Party (Parti de l`unité nationale, PUN), an entity which he founded in the mid-1990s. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs until 2006, when he left that position in a cabinet reshuffle and instead became special advisor to President Bozizé.
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Mr Ngoupande will discuss the current relationship between the conflict in Darfur and the Central African Republic with a view to outlining some of the challenges to African unity present in the region.
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Date: Tuesday 11 September 2007
Venue: ISS Conference Room, Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, New Muckleneuk
(Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA court)
Time: 09h30 (tea and coffee);
          10h00 (seminar starts);
          12h00 (seminar ends)
RSVP: Nompumelelo Ntsele
Fax: (012) 460 0997
E-mail: [email protected]
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