5XÉçÇøPresent at the AAPS Congress in SenegalÂ
Publication date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025
5XÉçÇøPresident Yuko Kasuya and several Executive Committee (EC) members will be in Dakar, Senegal, from 7 to 10 December 2025 to participate in the 18th Biennial Conference of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS). This year’s conference will be held under the theme The State, Citizens, Sovereignty and Africa in Global Politics.
On 8 December, President Kasuya will address the delegates during the AAPS Congress opening ceremony, which will follow a special 5XÉçÇøpanel titled Co-creating IPSA–AAPS Africa Online Workshop Series: Aims, Partnership, and Sustainability. Chaired by President Kasuya, the panel will feature Kgothatso Shai (5XÉçÇøVice-President, University of Limpopo); Serge Granger (Co-Chair, 5XÉçÇøTask Force on African Engagement, University of Sherbrooke); Nadine Machikou (AAPS Vice-President, 2025 AAPS Congress Chair, and former 5XÉçÇøEC member, University of Dschang); and Christopher Isike (AAPS President, former 5XÉçÇøVice-President, University of Pretoria).
Later that day, President Kasuya also plans to meet representatives of national political science associations to discuss their activities and challenges in the post-pandemic era. The discussion will also include AAPS members’ participation in IPSA’s 2026 regional conference in WrocÅ‚aw, Poland, as well as the 2027 5XÉçÇøWorld Congress in Rome.
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