Africa Globalization in the News

• WHO: New quick TB test rolled out in Africa (07/01/08)
  

• Why South Africa's Mbeki won't rein in Mugabe (07/01/08)
  

• Congo peacekeepers helped heal bitter divisions at home (07/01/08)
  

• South Sudan tells Ugandan troops to leave (07/01/08)
  

• EU extends mandate of mission in DR Congo (07/01/08)
  

• AU Commends Kenya's grand coalition (07/01/08)
  

• U.S. pledges to increase health funding to Kenya (07/01/08)
  

• Australia opens up airspace to SA, Kenya (07/01/08)
  

• Rwanda: Anger over failure to hold genocide fugitive (07/01/08)
  

• Zimbabwe an issue for UN, not just Africa: US Secretary of State (06/30/08)
  

Africa-China Relations

• China's Presence Increasingly Important in Cooling the World’s Hot Spots (06/21/08)
  

• Angola: President Receives Chinese Businessman Interested in Investing (06/21/08)
  

• Oil prices hit $137 after fresh Nigeria outage (06/21/08)
  

• Africa Looks for Silver Lining in Food Crisis (06/21/08)
  

• In South Africa, Chinese is the New Black (06/19/08)
  

• Africa: Chasing China (06/19/08)
  

• Nigeria: Russian, Chinese Oil Firms Jostle for Ogoni (06/17/08)
  

• West Africa: Ecowas Positions for $10bn Chinese Aid (06/17/08)
  

• Africa: Concerns Over Chinese Investment And Working Conditions (06/17/08)
  

• Into Africa: China's Grab for Influence and Oil (06/12/08)
  

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Perspectives

• Globalization fueling arms trade in Africa contends an activist
  

• "Globalization without ethics impoverishes," says Philip Emeagwali in this keynote lecture at Michig
  

• Obama: 'Globalization and technology and automation all weaken the position of workers.'
  

• "Indians love globalization"
  

• Globalization Fuels Brave New World
  

• Globalization: A Panacea for World Economic Development?
  

• Religious Perspectives on Globalization
  

• The Challenges of Globalization for Africa
  

• African dictators and the forces of globalization
  

• Why Globalization is Older than We Think
  

• Obamamania
  

• Martin LeFevre: The End of Nationalism?
  

• What Comes After The U.S. Empire?
  

• THE PLACE OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN GLOBALIZATION: UNCTAD PRESENTS THE LATEST FIGURES
  

• In Africa, One Step Forward and Two Back
  

• Globalisation Should Benefit the Least Developed Countries
  

• US Treasury Secretary Says Globalization Creates Wealth, But Unevenly
  

• China Challenges U.S., Europe in African Push
  

• Chinese And the Abuse of Nigerians
  

• The power of the Navy
  

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 GRCA Staff

Edmond Keller
Director
Email: ekeller@ucla.edu
Homepage: http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/faculty/keller
Tel: (310)825-2566

Edmond J. Keller is professor of political science, Director of the UCLA Globalization Research Center-Africa and former Director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center at the University of California-Los Angeles. He specializes in comparative politics with an emphasis on Africa. Keller received his B.A. in Government from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, and his M.A. and...(More)

Rebekah Kasule
Assistant Director
Email: rkasule@international.ucla.edu
Tel: (310)267-4054

Rebekah is currently the Assistant Director for GRCA. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Pepperdine University and a B.A in English and French minor from University of California, Santa Barbara. Rebekah's background includes extensive work, research and travel throughout Eastern Africa. She previously worked as an intern in Uganda for the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Ec...(More)

  Curriculum Project

  Conflict, Conflict Management, and Democracy

Edmond Keller
Director
Email: ekeller@ucla.edu
Homepage: http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/faculty/keller
Tel: (310)825-2566

Edmond J. Keller is professor of political science, Director of the UCLA Globalization Research Center-Africa and former Director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center at the University of California-Los Angeles. He specializes in comparative politics with an emphasis on Africa. Keller received his B.A. in Government from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, and his M.A. and...(More)

  HIV/AIDS in Africa Initiative

Edith Mukudi
Project Coordinator
Email: mukudi@gseis.ucla.edu
Tel: (310)825-1791

Edith Mukudi is currently an Assistant Professor in the UCLA Department of Education. Edith received her B. Ed. and M.A. from Kenyatta University in Nairobi Kenya and her Ph.D. in Social Foundations from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. Most recently, Edith was in the Postdoctoral program at the Department of Community Health Sciences GL-CRSP Child Nutrition and Cognitiv...(More)

  Urban Governance, Water and Poverty Alleviation

Stephen Commins
Project Coordinator
Email: scommins@gmail.com

Lecturer
Department of Urban Planning,
School of Public Affairs and International Development Studies,
International Institute, UCLA


Stephen Commins works in areas of regional and international development, with an emphasis on the political economy of basic services, particularly in 'fragile' contexts. He also works on the relationship between Civil Society Organizations and ...(More)