El-Ghassim Wane
El-Ghassim Wane (Mauritania) was the chief of staff/chief advisor to the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson from October 2017 to April 2019. Between January 2016 and September 2017, he held the position of United Nations (UN) assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping operations. He served as the AU Commission peace and security director from 2009 to 2015, […]
Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt
Professor Mohamed Al Hacen Lebatt, AUC Chairperson’s principal strategic adviser and Special Envoy to Sudan, was born in Moritania on 25 July 1953. Lebatt graduated from Dakar University’s Business Administration and Law department, and then received his master’s degree from Toulouse University’s law school in 1983, and his doctoral degree in 1987. Since 1987, he […]
Mohamed A.R.M. Salih
Professor Mohamed A.R.M. Salih is Nobel Prize for Peace co- laureate (awarded in 2007 to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change. His latest book (co-authored, with Professor Wil Hout) is A Political Economy of African Regionalisms: An Overview of Asymmetrical Development (Edward Elgar 2019) https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-political-economy-of-african-regionalisms-9781785364365.html.
Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins is the President of Ireland.
Mwansa Rodgers
Mwansa Rodgers is an MA Student in Peace Studies and International Relations at Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, Nairobi, Kenya. He is a Member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa; A Roman Catholic Religious Institute. He is a Researcher and currently acting as a Research assistant at the Center for Research […]
Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She was sworn into office on 19 August 2013 and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this position, having devoted her career to issues of human rights, equality and social justice. Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka has worked in government and civil society, and with the […]
Linda Akua Opongmaa Darkwa
Linda Darkwa is the coordinator of the Training for Peace Programme, a Norwegian funded capacity support programme to the African Union Commission, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy. Her research interests are in the areas of peace and security with particular focus on the implications of global […]
Maureen Sigauke
Maureen Sigauke is a social justice and labour activist, an organisational change management and sustainability consultant, and a 2018-19 Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. She tweets at @Maureenashleigh.
Aya Chebbi
Aya Chebbi, is the first African Union Youth Envoy and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. She is the founder of multiple platforms such as Youth Programme of Holistic Empowerment Mentoring (YPHEM) coaching the next generation to be positive change agents, Afrika Youth Movement (AYM), one of Africa’s largest Pan-African youth-led […]
Temitayo Isaac Odeyemi
Mr Temitayo Odeyemi teaches Political Science at Obafemi Awolowo University, where he obtained a Bachelors degree (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) and a Masters degree (Political Science). His areas of research interest are comparative politics, digital governance and sustainable development.