Opeyemi Ademola Olayiwola
Opeyemi Ademola Olayiwola is a Graduate Student at the Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Science, Pan African University, in Cameroon, and a Researcher and Policy Analyst at the Organization for World Peace (Africa Division) in Canada.
Kabale Ignatius Mukunto
Kabale Ignatius Mukunto completed his PhD in 2021 in Public Management with a focus on Peacebuilding at the International Centre of Nonviolence, Durban University of Technology (DUT), South Africa. He is a Lecturer in the Governance Department, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Copperbelt University in Kitwe, Zambia. His research focused on ‘using […]
Ambassador Said Djinnit
Ambassador Said Djinnit joined ACCORD in June 2019 as a special advisor, based in Brussels, Belgium. He served as the Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa from September 2014 to March 2019, and as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa from April 2008 […]
Ambassador Welile Nhlapo
Ambassador Welile Nhlapo joined ACCORD in 2009 as a Senior Political Advisor. In 2013, Ambassador Nhlapo served as South Africa’s representative on the Kimberly Process (KP), specifically serving as the KP Chairperson. From 2011-12 Ambassador Nhlapo served as South Africa’s Special Representative to the Great Lakes Region at the South African Department of International Relations and […]
Sara Hamo
Sara Hamo was Manager in the Operations Division and led, amongst others, the Local and National Capacities for Peace Programme at ACCORD.
Rhoda Mwende Kiilu
Rhoda Mwende Kiilu was an intern in the Preventive Action and Mediation cluster is formerly known as the Peacemaking Unit.
Adeniyi Basiru
Adeniyi S. Basiru is an independent researcher and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Jean Pierre Misago
Dr Jean Pierre Misago is a researcher with the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His research interests include migration, identity and belonging; xenophobia and violent outsider exclusion; humanitarianism; and governance of migration and human mobility.
Al Chukwuma Okoli
Dr Al Chukwuma Okoli (B.Sc., M.Sc., Political Science), holds a Ph.D in Defence and Strategic Studies from Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). He is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria. Dr Okoli’s research interests revolves mainly around Liberal Political Ecology, Security Studies, and Gender and Development.
Yonas Adaye Adeto
Yonas Adaye Adeto is Director of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Bradford, UK, and is an Assistant Professor of Peacebuilding and Security Governance in Africa.