Jendayi Frazer, Director of the Center for International Policy & Innovation (CIPI) at Carnegie Mellon, will attend the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, May 8-10. The forum is convening under the theme of "Delivering on Africa’s Promise." Frazer will be serving as a discussion leader for the panel on "Mapping the African Growth Landscape," which will examine what sectors and industries hold the most promise for growth and diversification in the next decade.

Dr. Jendayi Frazer, director of the Center for International Policy and Innovation and distinguished service professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wrote an editorial that was published in the Kenyan paper Daily Nation. The editorial, “ICC has fallen from high ideals of global justice, accountability,” discusses the recent Kenya elections.

Dr. Jendayi Frazer recently sat down with Gwen Ifill on the PBS Newshour to discuss the March 4 Presidential elections in Kenya and provided analysis of international response to the election of incoming president Uhuru Kenyatta in an extremely close contest. She discussed the implications of this election for U.S. policy, as Kenyatta and his running mate are scheduled to face charges before International Criminal Court (ICC) for their alleged roles in inciting violence following the 2007 elections in which more than 1,000 people were killed and thousands more displaced. (Video)

On Wednesday, February 20, Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Service Professor within Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Heinz College, participated in a panel discussion on the 2013 presidential elections in Kenya at the Brooking Institution, as part of the event “Kenya Decides: The 2013 Presidential Election.” Panelists offered their analysis of the pre-election environment and country’s preparations for the March contest. Kenyans will go the polls on March 4 to elect a President and local level officials in the first contest following the December 2007 elections and subsequent violence that gripped the country.

Carnegie Mellon University's Jendayi Frazer will join Oscar winner Ben Affleck and others at a briefing before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. The panelists will update the committee on the evolving security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the implications for U.S. National Security. Frazer, a leading architect of U.S.-Africa policy over the last decade, will provide her insights into the conflict in the DRC and speak to the diplomatic and other policy options that U.S. policymakers should consider to address the situation in Congo and in the region.

Frazer is interviewed by Christopher Alessi at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and discusses the recent tensions along the oil-rich border that divides North and South Sudan. With tensions escallating in recent weeks, the prospect looms of a full-scale war between the longtime foes. Frazer says while the role of mediation should remain with the African Union, the United States and China are vital players in this conflict that can bring pressure to bear on both parties. Read the story

Read the archived media covereage of CIPI Director Dr. Jendayi Frazer from 2009 - 2011.