The 3rd Research Week 2020 is scheduled for October 12 -16, 2020. The annual event, hosted by the University of Nairobi, will feature 13 different conferences covering a diverse range of academic disciplines and is expected to bring together over 1,000 participants comprising researchers, scholars, students and practitioners from all over the world.

What has Africa learnt from the effects of COVID-19 on development and international relations? This is what the Institute for Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS) in conjunction with the Horn Institute for Strategic Studies sought to understand when they hosted a webinar titled “Retreat to Nationalism in the 21st Century Globalization: Lessons for Africa from COVID-19.”