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.
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, […]