Tatenda Mapiro
Tatenda Mapiro is an International Development practitioner committed to advancing peace, security, and stability in Africa. With four years of experience in programme design and implementation, she focuses on conflict prevention and civil society engagement to promote peace and security across the continent.
Taye Abdulkadir
Taye Abdulkadir joined the AU Continental Early Warning System (CEWS) in July 2009. As a senior technical staff member, he played a major role in the conceptualisation and operationalisation of the technical aspects of CEWS tools and processes, both at the AU and the RECs/RMs. Taye has been working in the areas of conflict prevention, […]
Gabriel G.G. Malebang

Dr Gabriel G. G. Malebang is a Political Science Lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Botswana. He was previously the Head of the Politics and Diplomacy Sector at SADC. His areas of academic interest are Peacebuilding, Infrastructures for Peace (I4Ps), Regional Cooperation, Conflict Transformation, Foreign Policy Analysis, Diplomacy, […]
Ibrahim Sakawa Magara
Dr Ibrahim Sakawa Magara is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow under the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaecRep) at Coventry University’s Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR).
Miranda Rivers
Miranda Rivers is a PhD student in African Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and a Program Officer for the Nonviolent Action Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Derara Ansha Roba
Derara Ansha Roba is a Lecturer of Law at Dilla University, Ethiopia.
Amos Zevure
Amos Zevure is a Lecturer in Peace and Security Studies at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe and a Doctoral Fellow in History at Great Zimbabwe University.
Takesure Taringana
Dr Takesure Taringana is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History Heritage and Knowledge Systems, University of Zimbabwe.
Lena Habtu

Lena Habtu is a student at Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania), pursuing an Honors Special Major in Political Sociology with minors in Arabic Studies and Computer Science. Born in Ethiopia, Lena’s research interests lie in ethnic cohesion, intra-state conflict, and how African states politically accommodate multiethnicity. As a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, she is conducting independent […]
Jack Gasdia

Jack Gasdia is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he is completing a Graduate Certificate in African Studies and writing a thesis entitled, “Peace Is Pro-Social Behavior: How Emotional Experiences of Conflict Explain Individual Peace Activity in Somalia.” He holds a Bachelor of Science in […]