Boubacar Ba
Boubacar Ba is a jurist and has a degree in law from the National School of Administration in Bamako. He is has worked as an expert in conflict resolution, small arms project management and local governance in Mali with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He is also a consultant for several international organizations and […]
Arthur Boutellis
Arthur Boutellis is a Non-resident Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute where he was Director of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations, and teaches a graduate-level seminar at Columbia University. In addition to IPI, Arthur has worked with the UN missions in Burundi (BINUB), Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT), Haiti (MINUSTAH), […]
Mohamed Ali Guyo
Dr. Mohamed Ali Guyo is the IGAD Special Envoy for the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Somalia. He has been extensively involved in peace processes in Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia.
Abdi Aynte
Abdi Aynte is the Managing Director of Laasfort Consulting Group and former Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Somalia. He’s also the cofounder and former executive director of the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies and a former senior UN official.
João Feijó
João Feijó is Mozambican, sociologist and PhD in African Studies. He has published on several topics, including identities and social representations, labour relations, migrations and the effects of the penetration of large projects in Mozambican rural areas. He is a member of Observatory of Rural Areas, where he coordinates the line of research on Poverty, […]
Hanna Serwaa Tetteh
Hanna Serwaa Tetteh (Ghana) is the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union. Ms. Tetteh was the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi, and she served previously in the cabinet of the Government of Ghana as Minister for Foreign […]
Cheryl Hendricks
Professor Cheryl Hendricks is the Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). Prior to this she was Executive Head of the Africa Institute of South Africa in the Human Sciences Research Council (July 2018 – September 2021). She was appointed as a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at […]
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2010-2015, was born in Otuoke, Bayelsa State on November 20, 1957. He holds Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Zoology, Hydrobiology and Fisheries Biology respectively; all obtained from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Before joining politics, Dr Jonathan served as […]
Muhidin Shangwe
Muhidin Shangwe is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam where he teaches International Relations and African Politics.
H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma
H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma was democratically elected for two consecutive terms from 2007 – 2018 during which time he implemented far – reaching democratic reforms which resulted in the remarkable transformation of Sierra Leone. Prior to becoming president, he served as Minority Leader in Parliament for the All Peoples Congress (party) from 2002 -2007 […]