10.00-10.20-OPENING ADDRESS:
Jean-Jacques Wondo– Co-convenor and Afridesk and Chair Panel I.
10.20-12.30- PANEL I – COMMON THEMES TO D. R. CONGO AND ANGOLA
-Ambassador Hon. Eric Paluku (Former Ambassador of DRC in Angola)-La Consolidation des relations d`amitié entre R.D. Congo et Angola [Consolidation of friendly relations between DR Congo and Angola]
-Ambassador Hon. Renier Nijskens (Former Ambassador of Belgium in DRC and Belgian Special Envoy for the Great Lakes)- Angola’s initiatives in the stabilization of the D R Congo, 2016- 2024.
-Eliseu Gonçalves (Former Aide to President of the Republic of Angola)-DRC´s Agriculture investments in Angola. A project with future?
-Suraia Munguengue (U.Técnica Angola)-A Relação entre Angola e a RDC: A difícil partilha dos Espaços Marítimos de Interesse Estratégico [The Relationship between Angola and DRC: The difficult sharing of Maritime Spaces of Strategic Interest]
– Rui Verde (Oxford University)- China in Angola and in the DRC. Is there a common pattern?
-José Veloso da Costa (U. Agostinho Neto, Luanda – Angola e RDC: uma trajectória de tensões e afinidades [Angola and DRC: a trajectory of tensions and affinities]
12.30-13.00-Questions and Answers
13-00-14.00- LUNCH
14.00-16.00-PANEL II- SPECIFIC SUBJECTS D.R. CONGO AND ANGOLA
-Erik Kennes (Egmont Institute) andChair Panel II– The Katangese Gendarmes in DRC and its influences in Angola.
–Liévain Mwangal (U.Lubumbashi, DRC)- L’occupation spatiale des Lunda en Afrique et le rôle du Mwant Yaav pour «la paix» et la «cohésion interafricaine» dans les pays de la SADEC. Cas de l’Angola et la République Démocratique du Congo (1960 à ce jour) [The spatial occupation of the Lunda in Africa and the role of Mwant Yaav for “peace” and “inter-African cohesion” in the SADEC countries. Case of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960 to date)]
–Priscila Carvalho (U.Lisboa)- De Americanista a Africanista: As viagens de estudo do Padre Espiritano Constant Tastevin em Angola e Congo Belga (1933-1937) [From Americanist to Africanist: The study trips of Father Espiritano Constant Tastevin in Angola and the Belgian Congo (1933-1937)]
-H.Mella Bento (ISCSRI-Luanda)- Angola e o conflito no leste da RDC: Uma análise estratégico-política sobre as iniciativas de resolução. [Angola and the conflict in eastern DRC: A strategic-political analysis of resolution initiatives]
-Eugénio Costa Almeida* (ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa) – Angola e RDC na confluência da (in)esabilidade do Interland Africano [Angola and DRC at the confluence of the (in)esability of the African Interland]
-Hitler Samussuku* (U. Brasília) – Angola e Congo Democrático, análise comparativa sobre os aspectos sócio político [Angola and Democratic Congo, comparative analysis of socio-political aspects].
*Presence To Be Confirmed
The communications in Portuguese will be translated into English
16.00-16.30-Questions and Answers
16.30-CLOSING AND NETWORKING
Please register by 03/05/24. This is an in-person event.
