On the 19^th and 20^th of March 2015 several members of the CTD team participated and co-organized the workshop ‘Governance and Connections in Africa’s Contemporary Conflicts’ at the African Studies Centre (ASC) . After the conference several speakers engaged in writing blogs for The Broker. Have a look at The Broker’s special dossier Connecting Africa’s Conflicts to find the blogs written by Mirjam de Bruijn, Souleymane Adoum, Jonna Both and the other conference participants. The Broker warmly welcomes people to write blogs and contribute to the development to this dossier.