Nicholas Maple

Nicholas was a PhD student at the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, under the supervision of Dr David Cantor. His PhD investigated reception policies in southern Africa and how they interact with the refugee regime and its core norms (with a particular focus on freedom of movement). During his […]
Jo Vearey

Jo Vearey is an Associate Professor with the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand. She holds an Honorary Fellowship with the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, and a Senior Fellowship at the Centre for Peace, Development and Democracy at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. In […]
José Belmiro

José Belmiro is a Mozambican journalist and lawyer. He is publisher of Revista Banca e Seguros, a monthly publication on the economy in Mozambique
Dimpho Deleglise

Dr. Dimpho Deleglise is an Associate Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and focuses on regional security cooperation in Africa.
Faith Mabera

Ms. Faith Mabera is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue, where she oversees the Foreign Policy Analysis programme. She holds a BPolSci International Studies and MA in International Relations (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria. Her research interests include the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), African diplomacy, foreign policy analysis, African peace […]
Mohamed Abdi Ware

Mohamed Abdi Ware is a Somali politician. He was the president of Hirshabelle, assuming office from 16 September 2017 to 2 November 2020. Mohamed Abdi Ware received his primary education in Halgan village in Buloburde District, and completed his secondary education in Hodan District in Mogadishu. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington PhD Politics in […]
Christian Klatt

Christian Klatt is a political scientist who studied in Rostock, Bonn and Ottawa, with a focus on democratic and critical theories. Since 2016 he works for the German Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, a political think tank and association connected with the Social Democracy. After stops in Northrine-Westfalia and Senegal he is now leading the office of the FES […]
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.