Resistance for Rights: Impacts of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline on local communities

Isabellea Costa in conversation with the Human Rights Defender Nakato Hope

Shrinking civic space is a topic to which the VIDC is paying particular attention this year. In this interview, Nakato Hope elaborates on how people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) developp political…

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Article
© Isabella Costa

Austria & the UN Tax Convention - from Seville to New York

Report about the Roundtable on 27 May 2026

International tax experts discussed a UN agreement that could fundamentally change the international tax architecture with stakeholders from ministries, politics, academia and civil society.

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© OXUS/VIDC

Building Fair Economic Partnerships - A Focus on Austria's Africa Strategy

Report on the panel discussion held on 7 May 2026

The event brought together representatives from government, academia, trade unions, diaspora business organizations, and development cooperation to discuss Austria’s planned Africa strategy.

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Oil, extractivism and the climate crisis: activism in times of shrinking civic spaces

Report on the panel discussion held on 8 June 2026

The event was organised by the Institute for International Development at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation.

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Report

What should Austria’s next Africa Strategy actually deliver?

Interview with Jihane Karimou and Sophia Stanger

In this interview, we spotlight two experts, Jihane Karimou (Africa Society at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna) and Sophia Stanger (Austrian Centre for Peace), to bring in perspectives from research and practice. Where do…

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Article

Five pathways for advancing Austria’s Africa engagement through the WPS Agenda

VIDC Action Paper: Peace and Security

The Action Paper was written by Toni Haastrup, Rosebell Kagumire und Helen Kezie-Nwoha. It identifies five specific action areas in the field of peace and security policy.

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"Wir werden weder vergeben noch vergessen“ - Revolutionäre Wandmalereien nahe der Nile Street in Khartoum, am 6.11.2019, © Helena Lea Manhartsberger

El-Fasher and the Architecture of International Complicity in Sudan

By Husam Mahjoub

The tragedy of El-Fasher, the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in Darfur, was not unforeseen; it was inevitable.

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Spotlight

Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen: Die 9. österreichische Entwicklungstagung im Rückblick

Von Oliver Boeck

Im November 2025 widmete sich die 9. Österreichische Entwicklungstagung in Innsbruck dem hochaktuellen Thema „Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen".

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Spotlight
© Minitta Kandlbauer

Do not forget Sudan!

Voices for justice and peace

The event on 10 December 2025 brought together experts and activists to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and the conflict that has been ongoing since April 2023.

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Report

25 Years of the AU–EU Partnership

Between Shared Values and Shifting Realities

Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 7pm
Armbrustergasse 15, 1190 Vienna
in cooperation with in Bruno Kreisky Forum for international Dialogue

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Report

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