Jonah Leff
Jonah Leff is a consultant for the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, where he has focused on issues ranging from African security to the impact of small arms and light weapons on children. In 2007, he received a Masters in Public Administration in International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Garth le Pere
Dr Garth Le Pere is the Executive Director of the Institute for Global Dialogue.
Oluwafemi Ladapo
Mr Ladapo has, besides his legal qualifications (LL.B, B.L., MCI Arb, Ch M.C.), an M.A. in Conflict Studies. He is a legal officer and chartered arbitrator and mediator in the State Ministry of Justice, Ibadan, Nigeria and a doctoral candidate in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Sulaiman Kura
Mr Kura is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Usmanu DanFodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria and currently a PhD Candidate at International Development Department, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom.
Freedom Onuoha
Freedom C. Onuoha is a Professor in the Department of Political Science of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Ibaba S. Ibaba
Dr Ibaba is Lecturer 1 in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Ayo Whetho
Ayo Whetho is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Politics.
Jude Cocodia
Mr Cocodia is Lecturer II in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Yazini Funeka April
Ms Yazini April is Research Specialist at the Africa Institute of South Africa.
Deji Olukotun
Deji Olukotun has obtained the following degrees: J.D. Stanford, M.Phil. and M.A. University of Cape Town, B.A. Yale; and is admitted to the California and New Jersey Bars. The author would like to thank Professor Wilfried Schärf at the University of Cape Town for his patience and counsel in the preparation of this article.