Garang Yach James
Mr. Garang Yach James holds a Master of Science in security sector management and a Master of Arts in political philosophy. He is a lecturer of political philosophy at the University of Juba and is currently a Ph.D. student in security and strategic studies with a focus on human security at the University of Juba, […]
Khanyisela Moyo
Dr Khanyisela Moyo is a lecturer at the Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University
Angela Shoko
Angela Shoko is a governance specialist and part-time teaching assistant at the Africa Leadership and Management Academy (ALMA), an affiliate college of the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe. Her research interests include peacebuilding and development, conflict transformation, public sector governance and the church.
Aphile-amanzima Mazibuko

Aphile-amanzima Mazibuko is a former intern at ACCORD. Prior to joining ACCORD as an intern, she completed her Bachelor of Social Sciences degree, majoring in Political Sciences (International Relations) and Business Management (Marketing) at the University of the Free State. She is currently completing her Honours degree at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (Pietermaritzburg Campus) […]
Andrew Gilder

Andrew is a leading private sector environmental, climate change and carbon markets lawyer and Director of Climate Legal. He specialises in climate change (mitigation and adaptation), climate finance and development, carbon markets, carbon tax, environmental and energy law, policy and governance. He has practical experience which expands over a range of African jurisdictions and including […]
Olivia Rumble

Olivia is a Director of Climate Legal specialising in domestic and international climate change policy and law, loss and damage, climate finance, carbon markets and carbon pricing. She has a deep interest in domestic climate change legislation and adaptation law, and has worked widely across the African continent on the design of framework climate laws […]
Thobani Khumalo

Thobani Khumalo is a researcher and photographer from Eskebheni (Inanda), and was a communications intern at ACCORD. He has 3 years of experience in research, having worked in informal settlements as an ethnographer and being involved in workshops on Stepping Stones and Creating Futures. For the Census 2022, he was the field operations officer for […]
Evan Waddill

Evan is a former intern for the Preventative Action/Mediation Cluster at ACCORD. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service and specializations in international law, African Studies, and French. She is currently pursuing an M.A. in International Human Rights at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of […]
Islika Borbor Sisay
Islika Borbor Sisay is a former Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Officer at the United Nations.
Zekarias Beshah Abebe

Zekarias Beshah Abebe is a researcher whose interest broadly lies in peace and security in Africa, protests and social movements in Ethiopia, and development-security nexus in the context of developing societies. Before joining Amani Africa, he held academic and administrative positions in Ethiopia’s higher education institutions. He has been an assistant professor in law and […]