Mathu Joyini

Ambassador Mathu Joyini is the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations. Before this latest appointment, Ms. Joyini served as Deputy Director-General of South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Head of its Diplomatic Academy and Policy Research and Development Unit, since 2016. Previously, she was Permanent Representative to the International Seabed […]
Modesta Tochukwu Alozie

Modesta Tochukwu Alozie is the Lead Research Fellow on the Data and Displacement Project at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Univerisity of Warwick. She also teach P0374 (The Politics of Globalisation). She also work as a Consultant at the Urban Institute, University of Sheffield. Here, she is part of the LO-Act project, investigating climate […]
Mwita Chacha
Dr Mwita Chacha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham.
Abigail Reynolds
Abigail Reynolds is a Researcher at the University of Central Florida and a current Boren Scholar in the study of Swahili.
Jonathan Powell
Dr Jonathan Powell is an Associate Professor in the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs at the University of Central Florida.
Viljar Haavik
Viljar Haavik is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs focusing on non-state armed actors, violent extremism, and state-building.
Tope Shola Akinyetun
Tope Shola Akinyetun teaches Political Science at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón is a Researcher at the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) at the University of Cape Town and a Research Associate at the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University, South Africa.
Muna Shifa
Dr Muna Shifa is a Senior Research Officer in the Southern Africa Labour Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and part of the editorial board of the journal Scientific African.
Bernard Hunvounopwa Basason
Bernard Hunvounopwa Basason is the Technical Advisor for Early Warning and Mediation at the ECOWAS Peace and Security Architecture and Operations (EPSAO) Programme.