Annukka Kurki

Annukka Kurki was a Junior Expert in the Peacebuilding Unit at ACCORD. In this role, she provided programme and administrative support to the Unit, particularly focusing on civil society capacity-building in South Sudan, research on best practices of conflict sensitive approaches, and the review of the Peacebuilding Handbook in view of releasing the Handbooks’ 2nd Edition. The […]
Shauna Mottiar
Dr Shauna Mottiar was a Senior Researcher with the Knowledge Production Department, ACCORD.
Nation Mabaso
Nation Mabaso is a researcher at the Maurice Webb Foundation.
Lungisile Khulese
Lungisile Khulese is a researcher at the Maurice Webb Foundation.
Zolani Dlamini
Zolani Dlamini is a researcher at the Maurice Webb Foundation.
Kapinga Yvette Ngandu

Yvette Ngandu is currently the Coordinator of the UN- AU-RECs cooperation project in mediation, and of the Secretariat of the Panel of the Wise, with the African Union Commission’s Peace and Security Directorate. She holds an M.A. in Public Administration and International Relations from Bowling Green State University, in Ohio. She has previously been a […]
Kruschen Govender
Kruschen Govender is a freelance researcher who worked in collaboration with the Knowledge Production Department (KPD) at ACCORD. He holds an M.A. in Development Studies from the School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
Alida Kok Engelbrecht
Alida Kok Engelbrecht is a political scientist and a resident of Pretoria, South Africa. Having worked as lecturer, researcher, analyst, communications profiler, project manager and programme manager in the academic, private, non-governmental and government sectors, she has recently joined UNISA’s Department of Political Sciences as junior lecturer to again build a career as an academic […]
Themba M. Sokhulu
Themba M. Sokhulu is an independent elections consultant based in Durban.
Absalom Mutere
Dr. Absalom Mutere is a lecturer at the University of Nairobi and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Media Council of Kenya (MCK).