Gino Vlavonou
Gino Vlavonou is a consultant with the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum (CPPF) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). His work lies at the intersection of civil war studies and identity politics and addresses autochthony, politics, and armed conflict in Africa. He is a Fellow with the Defence and Security Foresight Group, a Canadian […]
Balingene Kahombo
Balingene Kahombo, Dr. iur. (Free University of Berlin); Associate professor of public law and African international relations at the Faculty of Law of the University of Goma (DRC); Judge (Goma) and former Deputy Prosecutor (Kinshasa); co-founder and member of the Center for Research and Studies on the Rule of Law in Africa (Centre de Recherches […]
Volker Hauck
Volker Hauck is Head of the Security and Resilience Programme. He joined ECDPM in 1998 as Senior Programme Officer Capacity Development and worked as Head of Knowledge Management and Communication from 2007 to 2012. His experience and publications are on security, peace and capacity development with a focus on situations of conflict prevention, peacebuilding and […]
Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw
Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw, an Ethiopian, is a Policy Officer in the Security and Resilience Programme. She has an MA in International Peacebuilding from University of Notre Dame (USA). She’s interested in regional and multinational approaches to peacebuilding in Africa in general and the Horn of Africa in particular. Before joining ECDPM, Lidet has worked as […]
Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
Dr Andrew E. Yaw Tchie is a Senior Research Fellow at the Training for Peace programme where he coordinates the project programmes with partner organisations. His research focuses on three strands: security approaches in Africa, stabilisation and peace operations in Africa – with the focal geographical areas being the Horn and Lake Chad Basin. He […]
Daniel Akech Thiong
Daniel Akech Thiong, is a third-year Ph.D. student at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at Claremont Graduate University with research in mathematical analysis, has published extensively both in academia and policy domains on topics related to the political economy of public authority as it relates to violence in South Sudan. He is the author of […]
David Shearer
Mr. David Shearer was appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS on 13 December 2016 and assumed his duties on 20 January 2017. Mr. Shearer brings to this position extensive political and humanitarian experience. He held elected office in New Zealand as a Member of Parliament from 2009 until […]
Thokozile Ruzvidzo
Thokozile Ruzvidzo is the Director of the Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division that leads United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s work on Poverty, Social Protection, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Employment, Youth Migration, Urbanization and various other aspects of Social Development. The Division leads the research and policy support to African Member States […]
Riya William Yuyada
Riya William Yuyada Is the founder of Crown The Woman-South Sudan, Co-founder of PLAY FOR PEACE SOUTH SUDAN, a TedX Kakuma refugee camp 2018 speaker and is a South Sudanese woman who is passionate about peace and women’s human rights. She is best known for her role in peace building in schools and communities and […]
Stergomena Lawrence Tax
Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax is the sixth Executive Secretary, and first female Executive Secretary, of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), following her appointment in August 2013. Dr. Tax has led and participated in numerous regional integration, bilateral, as well as multilateral processes, programmes and negotiations, and has contributed to the development and implementation of […]