James Swan
James Swan was appointed as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) on 30 May 2019. Mr. Swan, a career diplomat, is a national of the United States. He spent most of his career in African countries facing complex political transitions. He served […]
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 22 February 2022 the appointment of Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU). Mr. Onanga-Anyanga brings over 25 years of progressively responsible experience at the national, regional and international levels with […]
António Guterres
António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017. Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary-General is determined to make human dignity the core of his work, and to serve as a peace broker, a bridge-builder […]
Vinand M. Nantulya
Vinand M Nantulya, MD, PhD, FRCPath, is the senior presidential advisor, Vaccines and Therapeutics, Kampala, Uganda. The author acknowledges Professor Francis Omaswa and Gloria Nantulya for their valuable comments on the manuscript.
Salihu Musa Umar
Salihu Musa Umar (Salim) is the chairperson of the Farmers and Herders Initiative for Peace and Development Africa (FHIPD-AFRICA).
Yida Seydou Diall
Yida Diall is a doctoral student and research lecturer in private law at the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the University of Bamako, Mali. Since 2017, he has collaborated with numerous research projects of international organizations and NGOs on the issues of governance and violent extremism in the Central Sahel.
Nana Alassane Toure
Nana Alassane Toure is a sociologist by training and a specialist in development policies and practices. She is a researcher and author on issues of gender, peace and security, governance, violent extremism and human rights. She is also a trainer of trainers on various subjects and activist in Civil Society Organizations in Mali and Africa.
Fiifi Edu-Afful
Dr. Fiifi Edu-Afful is a Senior Researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), where he leads the Preventing Armed Conflict and Armed Violence (PACAV) pillar. A distinguished scholar-practitioner, he has held appointments as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar-in-Residence at American University’s School of International Service and the University of Maryland’s Department of Government and […]
Nicholas Haysom
In January 2021, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS. From 2019 to 2020, Nicholas Haysom served as the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sudan. From 2018 to 2019, he was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and […]
Morten Bøås
Morten Bøås is a research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). His research focuses on conflict, politics and statebuilding in Africa and the Middle East. His most recently published books are Africa’s Insurgents: Navigating an Evolving Landscape (Lynne Rienner, 2017, with Kevin Dunn) and Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention: A […]