Kumi Naidoo
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Youssef Mahmoud

Dr. Youssef Mahmoud is Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (IPI) supporting the sustainable development and peace operations programs and serving as focal point on mediation and prevention policies and practices. He is a former UN Under-Secretary-General and has headed peace operations in Burundi, the Central African Republic and Chad. Prior to these assignments, […]
Alhaji Sarjoh Bah
H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa was born on 17 November 1952 in Johannesburg. His family was moved from Western Native Township to Soweto in 1962, where he attended Tshilidzi Primary School. He completed high school at Mphaphuli High School in Sibasa, Venda in 1971. He registered to study law at the University of the North in 1972, […]
Ahmed Abdel-Latif

Ahmed Abdel-Latif is the Director-General of CCCPA as of 11 October 2020. A career diplomat since 1997, he has a long standing experience in multilateral affairs with a focus on global issues including sustainable development, trade, energy, innovation and knowledge governance. At the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he served at the Departments of International […]
Ramtane Lamamra

Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra is an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 2013 until 2017. From 2008 until 2013, Ambassador Lamamra was the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union. During his career, Ambassador Lamamra has served as Algeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and in other […]
Florian Krampe

Dr Florian Krampe is a Senior Researcher in SIPRI’s Climate Change and Risk Programme, specializing in peace and conflict research, environmental and climate security, and international security. His primary academic interest is the foundations of peace and security, especially the processes of building peace after armed conflict. He is currently focusing on climate security and […]
Fatima Akilu

Dr. Fatima is the Executive Director of Neem Foundation, Nigeria. She is also a university educator and an advocate for marginalized groups working in the area of psychology and health for more than two decades. Akilu has had extensive experience working with forensic dually diagnosed mentally retarded women, violent offenders, and sex offenders. Previously head […]
Mamman Nuhu

Ambassador Mamman NUHU, is the Executive Secretary of Lake Chad Basin Commission and Head of Mission of the Multinational Joint Task Force. He is a Nigerian Diplomat with upward of thirty-eight years’ experience. He joined the Nigerian Foreign Service in 1982 and has held various positions in Nigerian Diplomatic and Consular Missions around the world, […]