Grace Maina
Dr Grace Maina is an independent researcher and former manager of the Knowledge Production Department at ACCORD. Dr Maina’s research interests include post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa, human security, preventative action, and youth. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Bradford, UK, an MA in Development Studies from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in […]
Nomfundo Ngwazi
Nomfundo Ngwazi has previously worked at ACCORD as an Intern within the Peacemaking Unit. She holds a Bachelor of Art Degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Isaac Terwase Sampson
Isaac Terwase Sampson is a Research Fellow at the African Centre for Strategic Research and Studies, National Defence College, Abuja, Nigeria, and a doctoral candidate with the Faculty of Law, University of Jos, Nigeria.
Patience Munge Sone
Dr Patience Munge Sone is lecturer in Law at the University of Buea, Cameroon.
J. Ododa Opiyo
Dr J. Ododa Opiyo has a Ph.D. in International Studies and is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel of the Kenyan Army. He was formerly a researcher at the Kenya National Defence College and is currently the Senior Civil Affairs Officer in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at Mogadishu, Somalia.
Emma Elfversson
Emma Elfversson is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Uppsala.
Johan Brosché
Johan Brosché is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Uppsala.
Ademola Araoye
Ademola Araoye is a policy analyst and author of Côte d’Ivoire: The conundrum of a still wretched of the earth.
Angela Muvumba Sellström

Angela Muvumba Sellström (née Ndinga-Muvumba) was a Senior Research Fellow of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), and simultaneously a doctoral candidate at the University of Uppsala’s Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Her research focused on impunity for conflict-related sexual violence. She was co-editor of the volumes The African Union and […]
Nhial Gogok
Nhial Gogok obtained a Master’s degree in Vocational Pedagogy from the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences in Norway. He is currently a volunteer in the Centre for Democratic Governance, Policy Research and Parliamentary Studies in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs in Juba, South Sudan. Gogok’s research interests include policy research issues related […]