Laouali Mahamane
Laouali Mahamane is a geographer by profession, director of the Bureau d’Etudes Beta Consult and the focal point of the Alliance for Rebuilding Governance in Africa (ARGA) in Niger. He is working in the implementation of various research projects – PREVEX (Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: strengthening resilience in enabling environments), […]
Maman Sambo Sidikou
Ambassador Maman S. Sidikou, from Niger, is currently the Executive Secretary of the G5 Sahel, the group of five countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. Sidikou served as the Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration. He also served as the Special Representative of the Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia and […]
Pierre Buyoya
Monsieur Pierre Buyoya est né à Mutangaro, dans la province de Bururi le 24 novembre 1949. Après une carrière militaire brillante, il préside aux destinées du Burundi à deux reprises : de septembre 1987 à juillet 1993, puis de juillet 1996 à avril 2003. A deux reprises, il a permis une alternance politique pacifique dans […]
Raouf Farrah
Raouf Farrah is a senior analyst at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. He focuses on migration and criminal economies in North Africa and the Sahel and serves as a contributing member of the African Youth Front on Coronavirus.
Chiamaka Nwachukwu
Chiamaka Nwachukwu is a medical doctor and coordinator of the Youth Front at the African Union Office of the Youth Envoy.
Nardos Bekele-Thomas
Nardos Bekele-Thomas is currently the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations (UN) and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa. Prior to this, she served (2016-2017) as the Senior Director of the Office of the Secretary-General, in charge of the overall management of the Office of the Secretary-General, the Office […]
Rhuks Ako
Rhuks Ako holds a PhD in law from the University of Kent at Canterbury in the United Kingdom. He is an independent researcher with interests in youth, peace and security.
Kobla Asamani
Kobla Asamani is the coordinator for campaign and advocacy at ACCORD in charge of the Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogues. Kobla is a project development consultant and has decades of diverse experience in the public sector, private sector, academia and non-governmental operations. As a leader, policy analyst, humanitarian, youth developer and human rights activist, Kobla has […]
Ali Altiok
Ali Altiok is the Youth, Peace and Security Project Officer at Interpeace. He co-authored the global policy paper, We Are Here: An Integrated Approach to Youth Inclusive Peace Processes for the Office of the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth. Previously he worked as a researcher at the joint United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office and United Nations Population Fund […]
Graeme Simpson
Graeme Simpson is the Principal Representative of Interpeace (NY) & Senior Peacebuilding Advisor, as well as the former Lead Author of the Independent Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security: The Missing Peace. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer in Law at Columbia University School of Law in New York City, where he teaches a seminar […]