Imane Karimou
Imane Karimou is the United Nations Representative for Nonviolent Peaceforce. Previously, she worked as a consultant researcher in conflict resolution and political analysis. She holds a master’s degree in international security and conflict resolution from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and another in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action from the Paris School […]
Judy Njeri Mbugua
Judy Njeri Mbugua is a Media and Communications Executive at the International Relations society of Kenya (IRSK) and a Young Diplomat Fellow with the International Relations Society of Kenya and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung(Kenya). She is passionate about advancing democratic values as an anchor for resilience in the emerging global order. She believes that for multilateralism […]
Monthati Ntsoane
Monthati Ntsoane is a Programme Administrator in the Programmes Department at ACCORD, having joined the organisation in September 2025 as an intern within the Peace Support Operations Cluster. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, majoring in Political Science and French, as well as a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in International Relations […]
Dr. Ozonnia Ojielo
Dr. Ozonnia Ojielo, a distinguished Nigerian development expert, who currently serves as the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Rwanda. With over 25 years of experience in sustainable development, he has overseen UN programmes spanning multiple continents. Prior to his current role, Dr. Ojielo served as Resident Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan and held senior UN Development Programme […]
Dr. Hesphina Rukato
Dr. Hesphina Rukato is a Pan-African development practitioner and academic with experience in environment and climate change, development, governance, and peace and security. She has practiced and written extensively on these topics, including a book, “Future Africa, Prospects for Democracy and Development Under NEPAD (2010), and more recently (2025) on “Tana At 10: Reflections on […]
Seba Issa
Seba Issa is the Aswan Forum Coordinator and Peace Operations Program Manager at the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), an Egyptian public agency specialised in training, capacity building and research in the fields of peace and security in Africa and the Middle East. She contributes to the centre’s capacity building, […]
Chido Mutangadura-Yeswa
Chido Mutangadura-Yeswa is a peace and conflict expert whose work focuses on human security developments in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on security sector reform, conflict prevention, preventive diplomacy, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction and development, governance, regionalism, and foreign policy. Chido is a former Senior Fellow at the United Nations University-Centre for Policy Research where she co-led research […]
Matteo Peccini
Matteo Peccini is a PhD student in Global Studies at the University of Urbino and a Visiting Research Fellow at the UN University for Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges, Belgium, working on Africa-EU relations and Postcolonial Studies.
Joel Odota
Joel Odota holds a Master of Politics and International Relations from the Australian National University and a Master of Politics and International Relations from Peking University. He is the founder of the China-Uganda Research Network (CURN) based at Makerere University Business School, and his work focuses on China-Africa relations, geopolitical competition between China and the […]