“The research group Spaces and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa (GeoÁfrica) announces the 3rd International GeoÁfrica Seminar: Africas in Motion. Spaces and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The official event website is now available, and we are also releasing the 1st Circular for the event, which will be held in a hybrid format from November 3 to 6, 2025.
This 1st Circular the 15 proposed working groups, the official Seminar schedule, the abstract submission guidelines, and the registration fees are now available.

The document also includes information regarding the event’s technical setup and the full paper submission, which is to be sent approximately one month after the event.

We look forward to your participation, and for any questions or further information, feel free to contact us at seminariogeoafrica@gmail.com”.

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Via: Xinhuanet

“Kenya opened its first embassy in Morocco on Monday as the two countries marked six decades of diplomatic relations, in a move that underscores deepening ties and a significant realignment on the Western Sahara dispute.

During Mudavadi’s two-day official visit starting on Monday, the two countries signed five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) aimed at bolstering cooperation in housing and urban development, youth affairs, diplomatic training, trade promotion, and public service capacity building.

Kenya also officially endorsed Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as ‘the only sustainable approach’ to resolving the Western Sahara dispute, which is a notable policy reversal for Nairobi.

The announcement marks the culmination of a normalization process that began after Kenyan President William Ruto took office in 2022. Relations between the two nations had been strained for years over Kenya’s support for the Polisario Front and its recognition of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), which seeks independence for Western Sahara.”

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The Specialization Course in International Relations: Geopolitics and Defense of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (VII Edition 2025) invites you to the panel “Russia and the War in Ukraine”. The panel will be composed of retired Military Marcos Valle de Moura, Defense Attaché in Moscow (2021-2023), whose presentation is entitled “The War seen from Moscow: a testimony”, and by Professor Paulo Visentini (UFRGS, ECEME and ESD), with an exhibition entitled “The 25 years of NERINT, the War and the Unstable Multipolarity”. The activity, alluding to the 25 years of the NERINT-UFRGS partner center, also marks the launch of the book “Putin, NATO and the War in Ukraine”. The in-person event, open to the public, will be held on June 12, 2025 in the FACED Auditorium/room 102C and will be broadcast live to the Course students via MConf.