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UNIVERSTY FOR PEACE AFRICA PROGRAMME

FINAL REPORT OF THE UPEACE SHORT COURSE ON CONFLICT PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND

RESOLUTION

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA 3 – 7 APRIL 2006

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Who’s who

Section I

Participants in Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution

The Africa Programme of the University for Peace would like to express its sincere appreciation to its donors for the generous funding which has enabled the realization of this important programme activity.

Canadian International Development Agency

Government of The Netherlands

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

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NAME: RICHARD F T AKUM COUNTRY: CAMEROON Researcher, Peace Practitioners Project UPEACE Africa Program Center for Human Rights University of Pretoria 0002 Pretoria Phone: [27] 12 420 338 Fax: [27] 12 362 5125 Email: [email protected]

Mr Akum recently joined the Peace Practitioners’ project at the UPEACE Africa Programme as Researcher. This project seeks to capture the complex interactive dynamics underlying conflict mediation and negotiation in Africa. Through the voices of conflict parties and mediators to some of Africa’s most intractable conflicts, he documents individual perspectives on the process of conflict de-escalation and the road to a sustainable peace. Mr Akum brings a diverse academic and professional background to the UPEACE Africa Programme. He worked for five years as Media Specialist with the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. He was also engaged in Africa-related NGO advocacy in Washington D.C. where he co-founded The Africa Project at the American University’s Center for Global Peace. Mr Akum holds an MA in international peace and conflict resolution (with a concentration in economics policy and development) from the American University in Washington D.C.; an MA in journalism and mass communication from the American University in Cairo, Egypt; and a BSc (Hons.) in journalism and mass communication (minor in political science) from the University of Buea, Cameroon.

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NAME: MARGARET ANGUCIA COUNTRY: UGANDA Institute of Ethics and Development Studies Uganda Martyrs University,Nkozi Post Office Box 5498 Kampala Uganda Phone: [256] 038 410665 Cell: [256] 0712294954 Email: [email protected]

Sister Margaret Angucia is a Lecturer at the Institute of Ethics and Development Studies, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi. Holding an MA in public administration and management, she is currently, a PhD candidate, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research topic is: Peacebuilding: Towards a Model for Social Reintegration of War-Affected Children in Northern Uganda. Previously, Sister Angucia has developed a course on peace and conflict management at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Sister Angucia also has experience in working with urban refugees in Kampala.

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NAME: MS CONSOLATE BIGIRIMANA COUNTRY: RWANDA Lecturer, Researcher, Deputy Director Center for Conflict Management (CCM) National University of Rwanda Post Office Box 601 Butare Rwanda Phone: [250] 530 806 Fax: [250] 530 121 Email: [email protected]

Ms Consolate Bigirimana is a Researcher and Deputy Director of the Center for Conflict Management at National University of Rwanda. She is also a teacher in the Faculty of Law at the same University.

Ms Bigirimana has only recently been elected Deputy Director of the Center for Conflict Management. As a researcher, she has published two articles in the Law Review of the Faculty of Law (NUR) entitled, ‘Histoire des Droits de l'Homme: Quid d'un droit de colonisation?’ and ‘Le racisme: l’intégration comme réponse sociale au racisme’. She has also published an article entitled ‘ Essai d'analyse philosophique de la désobéissance civile. Quid de sa légitimité’ in Laval Théologique et Philosophique Review (LTP) of Laval University. In ‘Cahiers du CCM’» series, she has co-published the Cahier n° 13, entitled ‘ Recherche sur les causes des conflits fonciers en province de Kibuye’. In the Faculty of Law, she supervises student’s theses. She also does occasional consultative work for national institutional partners of CCM. Ms Bigirimana previously worked at the Office of the Prosecutor (Parquet de la République) in Butare province as Deputy Prosecutor in 2000-2002 conducting prosecution duties as well as preliminaries to the establishment of Gacaca jurisdictions. Ms Bigirimana holds a DES in human rights from Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and a BA in law from National University of Rwanda.

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NAME : DR MRS ESTHER CHELULE COUNTRY: KENYA Lecturer, Peace Studies in Education, Department of Psychology, Counseling and Educational Foundations. Egerton University Post Office Box 536- 20107 Njoro Kenya Phone: [254] 51 62276 Fax: [254] 51 62213, Ext: 3343 Cell: [254] 722480244 Email : [email protected]

Dr Chelule has worked as a teacher in several schools and universities. She has been Lecturer in Social Conflict and Management at United States International University-Africa (USIU-A), where she taught an undergraduate course before joining Egerton University, where she lectures in peace studies in Education at graduate level. She holds an honours degree in sociology from Kenyatta University, Kenya, Masters Degree and PhD from Varanaseya and Maharshi Universities, respectively from India. She also holds Advanced University Diploma in peace research and conflict resolution from the University of Uppsala Sweden. She wrote a project on “The Role of Regional Organizations in Conflict Resolution: a case of IGAD and the UN in the Horn of Africa. She is writing a book on peace education Dr Chelule worked at Investment Promotion Centre (IPC) as a manager in charge of promotion, where she organised many promotional conferences, workshops, seminars as well as trade fairs, both locally and abroad. She also worked with women’s projects especially on water and sanitation in urban slums and the structural conflict involved in the provision of the scarce resource- water. She is Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) Ambassador, Africa where she advocates for safe drinking water and adequate sanitation for women, who are seen in the society as providers of water and related services. She is also Board Director, Building Partnership for Development for Water and Sanitation (BPD), where she encounters structural conflicts in meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and how partnership can be forged so that people can share the scarce resource amicably, with justice achieved through having signed partnerships.

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NAME: DR DONALD P CHIMANIKIRE COUNTRY: ZIMBABWE Director and Researcher, Institute of Development Studies University of Zimbabwe Post Office Box MP167 Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe Phone:[263] 4 333341-3 Fax: [263] 4 333345 Cell: [263] 11 808002 Email: [email protected]

Dr Donald P. Chimanikire has been involved in many initiatives relating to peace and security in Southern Africa; economic integration in Southern Africa and public administration in Africa. He was involved as coordinator in setting-up the University of Cambridge Global Security Programme in Southern Africa. He has written a number of popular booklets on common security and defence arrangements and regional integration: the case of SADC and the role of Zimbabwe’s defence force in peacekeeping operations. Dr Chimanikire is currently Director of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe. He was once the Chairman of the Department of International Relations and Social Development Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. Current research interests include: civil-military relations in Africa, conflict resolution, civil society and governance issues in Africa. Dr Chiimanikire holds PhD and MPhil degrees international relations from Jawarhalal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also holds an MA in international relations from Kiev State University, Ukraine. His Master’s thesis was on: ‘The Role of African States in the United Nations, 1958-1977’ (in Russian). He was awarded a diploma in negotiations and peace keeping, Vienna, Austria by the International Peace Academy, New York.

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NAME: MR MESFIN GEBREMICHAEL COUNTRY: ETHIOPIA Mr. Mesfin Gebremichael Planning and Budgeting Addis Ababa University Post Office Box 20073/1000 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Phone: [251] 11 1234 026 Fax: [251] 11 1239 768 Email: [email protected]

Mr Gebremichael is Director of the Planning and Budget Office of the Addis Ababa University and Lecturer in Information Systems. Prior to this position he held numerous positions in the field of internal security in Ethiopia. Mr Gebremichael holds a BA in economics, an MSc in information science and an MSc in governance and development management.

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NAME: DR. RUKAYYATU ABDULKAREEM GURIN COUNTRY: NIGERIA Chief Quality Assurance Officer National Universities Commission Plot 430, Aguiyi-Ironsi Street Pmb 237, Garki Gpo, Maitama Abuja, Fct Nigeria Phone:[234]9 413 3176-81 Cell: [234] 803 312 0450 Email: [email protected]

Dr Rukayyatu Gurin is a staff member of the National Universities Commission (NUC); a quality assurance agency in-charge of university education in Nigeria. She taught as a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Maiduguri for several years before joining the NUC. Dr Gurin developed her interest in peace education many years ago and had worked with women organisations in promoting education and peace in Nigeria. She has been involved in several projects aimed at promoting women’s development and had presented papers on girl-child education and peace building in multi-ethnic society. As Quality Assurance Officer and a member of the NUC/UPEACE Committee, Dr Gurin has participated on numerous occasions in the organisation of workshops on peace studies; which subsequently led to the adoption of peace education as a compulsory course in Nigerian universities. She also participated in several curriculum development projects including accreditation, monitoring and evaluating academic programmes in Nigerian universities. Her works focused on curriculum (design) and instruction, with focus on Islamic studies and social studies. Dr Gurin holds Bachelors degree (BEd) in Islamic studies, Masters Degree (MEd) in curriculum studies and a PhD in curriculum and instruction from University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.

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NAME: MR JOSEPH YAV KATSHUNG COUNTRY: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Lecturer; Coordinator, UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace, Conflict Resolution, Democracy and Good Governance University of Lubumbashi Po. Box: 1825 Lubumbashi /Katanga province Democratic Republic of Congo Phone: [243] 99 70 21 758 Fax: [1] 501 638 4935 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cerdh.tk

Mr Yav Katshung is a Lecturer in law, at the Faculty of Law, University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. He is also the Executive Director of CERDH (Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche en Droits de l’Homme, Democratie et Justice Transitionnelle /Centre for Human Rights, Democracy and Transitional Justice Studies), and Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace, Democracy, Good Governance and Conflict Resolution at the University of Lubumbashi (DRC). He is also an Advocate at the Lubumbashi Bar Association/DRC. He has also worked as a consultant for many institutions in the fields of human rights, democracy and transitional justice. Mr Yav Katshung holds an MA in human rights and democratisation in Africa (University of Pretoria in South Africa); another MA in law (University of Lubumbashi in DRC); a diploma in transitional justice from the Transitional Justice Fellowship Programme (ICTJ & IJR joint programme), South Africa; a certificate in peace-building in war torn societies (ASPR) and a LLB (University of Lubumbashi). Mr. Yav Katshung has published numerous articles on human rights, law and, transitional justice in scholarly journals.

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NAME: DR TAIWO ONAOLAPO KAYODE COUNTRY: NIGERIA Lecturer_Master's in Humanitarian and Refugee Studies Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CEPACS) University of Ibadan Old Creche Building 17 Elliot Close P.M.B., U.I. Post Office Ibadan Phone: [234] 80 332 33 747 Email: [email protected]

Dr Taiwo was nominated and accepted to the Board of CEPACS’ Fellows last year. He teaches a course on research methods in humanitarian and refugee studies in the Master’s in Humanitarian and Refugee Studies professional degree programme of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CEPACS), University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr Taiwo has spent numerous years teaching in the field of psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate level. His major research interests are: analyses of personality traits associated with psychopathology, human life adjustment, work environment/performance; gender and differential material-emotional expectations expectancy. Dr Taiwo holds a BSc in psychology, an MSc in clinical psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy psychology degree, with a bias in clinical psychology from the University of Ibadan.

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NAME: ANITA KIAMBA COUNTRY: KENYA Assistant Lecturer Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies University of Nairobi P.O.Box 30197-00100 Nairobi. Kenya Phone: [254] 20 318 262 Cell: [254] 733 886771 Email: [email protected]

Ms Kiamba has been involved in research in the area of child soldiers. More specifically she has researched on child soldiers in Southern Sudan and Northern Uganda. She has focused on the use of children as soldiers by the armed opposition groups in these specific countries. She is currently engaged in coordinating the creation of new programmes for the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies. These programmes include a Master of Arts degree and a Post-Graduate Diploma in international conflict management. Ms. Kiamba has been involved in research work in various fields: Working Paper for ICFTU – AFRO ‘The Role and Contribution of African Trade Unions in conflict Resolution and Peace Building in the Great Lakes Region’ (2003), ‘A critical Analysis of Internally Displaced ‘Peoples: A case study of Kenya – 1999 – 2002’ (2002), Working Paper ‘Political Violence in East Africa and the Democratization Process’ (2001), Working Paper ‘The Role of Neighbourhood Association in Governance: A case study of Nairobi’ (2001). Ms Kiamba holds a BA in international relations from the United States International University and an MA in international studies from the University of Nairobi. She is currently a Doctorate student at the University of Nairobi.

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NAME: PROF DR. MARION KEIM LEES COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA Associate Professor Institute for Social Development/School of Government University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 Bellville 7535 South Africa Phone: [27] 21 959 3859/8 Fax: [27] 21 959 3865 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr Marion Keim Lees is Associate Professor lecturing on conflict, peace and diversity as well as leadership on the postgraduate programme in development studies at the University of the Western Cape as well as on the peace, leadership and development programme in cooperation with the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre in Cape Town. Prior to this appointment she was the National Training Coordinator of the Peace and Development Project, a bi-national project between Germany & South Africa which focuses on conflict resolution, crime prevention and youth development. Marion Keim Lees is an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa, the Training Advisor of Women for Peace Western Cape, the Co-coordinator of the Network for Community, Peace and Development, Western Cape and a Steering Committee Member of the Centre for Conflict Transformation, Reconstruction and Development of the Law Faculty at the University of the Western Cape. She works primarily on community development issues in South Africa focusing on peace building and the integration of marginalized groups in disadvantaged communities. She has been published nationally and internationally with wide ranging research interests such as community development, multiculturalism, conflict transformation and peace-building, crime prevention, youth development and sport as a means for peace building.

Prof Dr Marion Keim Lees holds a BA in social sciences and in sports sciences, an MA in education, a DPhil from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and an LLB from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She was a DAAD fellowship holder and a Golden Key Graduate.

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NAME: MS. N'DÈYE ROSALIE LO COUNTRY: SENEGAL Programme Officer Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) Immeuble Rose, Stèle Mermoz Appt 31 C BP 45077 Dakar Fann Senegal Phone: [221] 860 2048 Fax: [221] 860 2047 Email: [email protected]

Ms Lo is Regional Programme Officer for Femme Africa Solidarité (FAS) since February of 2006. In this capacity she coordinates the implementation of the regional programme on gender, peace and security for the following regions: Mano River, Great Lakes, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). She had previously been with Oxfam America, West Africa Regional Office as Regional Programme Officer and has the distinction of being the first recipient of the WIPNET (Woman in Peace Building Network) Mama Peace Award in 2004. Ms. Lo holds a BA in development studies.

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NAME: DR VINCENT OLUWASESAN MAKANJU COUNTRY: NIGERIA Director Peace Education Centre Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria Phone: [234] 036 233191; 036 230662; 08034003186 Fax: [234] 036 232401 Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Dr Makanju is a pharmaceutical scientist currently lecturing at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria in addition to directing the Peace Education Centre. Dr Makanju started his peace crusade in 1994 when Nigeria was almost at the brim of collapse due to the cancellation of the June 1993 presidential election by the military dictators in power. Dr Makanju has worked relentlessly to propagate ideals of peace in Nigeria, particularly among the agile youths. In recognition of his activities, the Defense and Disarmament Institute of Massachusetts, USA appointed him as the African representative of her Global Action to Prevent War programme and a member of the International Steering Committee of the group. He forwarded the BRUSSELS CALL FOR ACTION to the 1998 ECOWAS Conference in Abuja, Nigeria – the meeting passed a Moratorium on Small Arms/Light Weapons in West African Subregion. He led a group of twenty-four Peace Volunteers to the ECOWAS Conference in Accra, Ghana in April 2000 to further drive home the Centre’s campaign against Arms in Wrong Hands in Africa. He also led thirty-four members of the Echoes of Peace troupe of the Centre to Barcelona Forum 2004 where they demonstrated the use of African culture and tradition as vessels for peace promotion. Dr Makanju is credited with a number of academic publications in the field of pharmacy as well as peace related articles. He holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Great Britain.

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NAME: MS. TASILA MBEWE COUNTRY: ZAMBIA Assistant Lecturer Dag Hammarskjöld Centre for Peace, Good Governance Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation P. O. Box 21493 Kitwe Phone: [260] 2 210 281 Fax: [260] 2 211 001 Email: [email protected]

Ms Tasila Mbewe is an Assistant Lecturer at the Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation with a BA in library science and a certificate in electronic journals and electronic resource on library management. Originally coming to MEF two years ago as a librarian, she has gradually transitioned into the field of conflict studies. In 2003 she attended a seminar on peacebuilding, education, practice and partnership in Botswana. In 2004, Ms Mbewe was sent to Sweden to attend a course on human rights information and documentation for librarians. At MEF she used this information to aid in the first gender and peace building seminar sponsored by UPEACE in July 2004.

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NAME: MR PETER O. B. MCOMALLA

COUNTRY: UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Reseacher / Educator / Trainer Executive Director: Human Rights Education And Peace International (Hurepi-Trust) Director: Hurepi Centre For Peace, Conflict Resolution And Human Rights Studies Post Office Box 14963, Arusha (H/Q) P. O. Box 183, Shirati – Mara – Tanzania(Branch Office) Phone: [255] (0) 787 088 281 [255] (0) 787 088 281 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Mr McOmalla started involving in human right promotion since 1988 when he first became a member of the Amnesty International, becoming its Tanzania Section Executive Secretary General. He was involved highly in introducing human right education (HRE) idea in Tanzania. He then became involved in the promotion and protection of the rights of the marginalized, indigenous and minority people to the global level. Establishing (HUREPI – TRUST) as founder in 1997, he became involved in research, campaign and advocacy for the introduction of human right education and peace education in the Tanzania school curriculum and focusing these in the African continent. He was also fully involved in the establishment of HUREPI CENTRE FOR PEACE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND HUMAN RIGHT STUDIES where he now teaches and lectures peace education, human right education conflict transformation, mediation, negotiation and reconciliation skills and small arms and light weapons (SALW) control arms. Mr McOmalla having a long and extensive international experiences and expertise in both peace (SALW) and human right education is involved in many national, sub-regional, regional and global networks as (TAHURIPE – EDU-NET), Coalition for Peace in Africa, (COPA), EAANSA, TANANSA, IANSA, GPPAC. His aim is to ensure an African culture of peace and culture of human rights is taking roots. Graduate in finance/management and member of the Association of International Accountant (A.I.A) of England. He has studied international law in human rights/humanitarian and refugee law, peace teaching, advanced continental conflict transformational. He has widely performed many international consultancies and presentations in conflict prevention/management/(SALW)/and human rights both in Africa and India. Mr McOmalla is currently working on MA in applied conflict transformation studies.

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NAME: MS GLADYS MOKHAWA COUNTRY: BOTSWANA Lecturer Department of Political and Administrative Studies University of Botswana Private Bag UB 00705 Gaborone Phone: [267] 355 4164 Fax: [267] 397 4538 Email: [email protected]

Ms Mokhawa is a Lecturer at the University of Botswana. Course instruction includes public administration in Botswana, local government management, public policy analysis, government budgeting, local government finances, modern states and politics in Botswana. Research interests include international relations/international political economy, African politics, negotiations and development studies, policy analysis, local government and government budgeting. Ms Mokhawa has been published in a number of refereed journals and books. She holds a BA and an MPA from the University of Botswana.

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NAME: MR ROBERT MUDIDA COUNTRY: KENYA Lecturer The Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies University of Nairobi Post Office Box 30197 Nairobi Kenya Phone: [254] 20 318262, Ext. 28087, 28381 Fax: [254] 20 339014 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Mr Mudida is a lecturer at the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies based at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. He lectures and carries out research in the areas of international conflict management, international economics, diplomacy and epistemology of research. M. Mudida has nearly ten years of lecturing experience at different universities in Kenya. Prior to joining the University of Nairobi, Mr Mudida worked with the Embassies of Chile and Spain in Kenya. He was the head of the Commercial Section of the Embassy of Chile in Kenya and later an administrative officer with the Embassy of Spain in Kenya. He has also taught at Strathmore University and at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Hekima College. Mr Mudida holds a BA in economics from the University of Nairobi; an MA in international studies from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing a PhD in international studies at the same university.

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NAME: MS ELIZABETH MUTUNGA COUNTRY: ZAMBIA Civil Society_Private Sector Desk Officer Programme for Peace and Security Secretariat Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) COMESA Secretariat, COMESA Centre Lusaka Zambia Phone: [260] 1 229726/ 32 Fax: [260] 1 224 294 Email: [email protected]

Ms Mutunga is currently working at the Common Markets for East and Southern Africa as a consultant within the COMESA Programme on Peace and Security. She is primarily involved with ensuring the participation of civil society, private sector and members of parliament in the conflict prevention and peace building programs of COMESA.

Prior to joining COMESA, Ms Mutunga was a programme officer at the Africa Peace Forum in Nairobi and was involved with various programmes dealing with the prevention and management of conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region. She has been involved in efforts to engage both state and non-state actors to explore collaborative approaches in conflict management. She has also served as a consultant for various initiatives and as a resource person in various workshops at the Greater Horn of Africa, in Europe and in Canada.

Ms. Mutunga is a holder of an MSc and MBA degrees, both from Universities in Canada and a BSC degree from the University of Nairobi in Kenya. She is currently a PhD student enrolled at Bradford University in the UK where she is working on a research linking bilateral trade with conflict.

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NAME: MRS KARISHMA RAJOO COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA Senior Programme Officer Training for Peace (TfP) Programme ACCORD ACCORD House Private Bag X018 4320Umhlanga Rocks Sout Africa Phone: [27] 31 502 3908 Fax: [27] 31 502 4160 Email: [email protected]

Karishma Rajoo joined ACCORD in May 2005, as the Senior Programme Officer with the Training for Peace (TfP) Programme. She is responsible for the day-to-day running of the programme and, among other things, the co-ordination of the TfP Civilian Peacekeeping And Peace-Building Courses (CPPC). Prior to joining ACCORD, Ms Rajoo worked with a local NGO as a civil society project coordinator, and served as an assistant foreign service officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs. She holds an honours degree in political science from the University of Natal and she is currently pursuing a MA in conflict resolution and peace studies at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN).

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NAME: MR DEO RUBERINTWARI COUNTRY: BURUNDI Assistant Lecturer in the Faculty of Law Université du Lac Tanganyika Mail Box : 5403 Mutanga /Bujumbura Burundi Fax : (257)243645 E-mail: : [email protected]

Mr Déo Ruberintwari has been highly active in a scout organisation since secondary school. He has been appointed as a regional commissioner in charge of teaching within this organisation. Since 1999, he has also become a member of the Burundian Human Rights League which deals with the promotion and development of human rights in Burundi.

Mr Ruberintwari has broad interests in human rights issues. He attended a training course in humanitarian law prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Now he is a trainer in human rights matters in the above mentioned human rights league. He has chaired many meetings which have dealt with human rights issues and he is now a law lecturer at the University of Lake Tanganyika (Université du Lac Tanganyika).

Mr Ruberintwari holds a first class degree of Bachelor of Law from the University of Burundi.

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NAME: MR WALTERS TOHNJI. TIKUM SAMAH

COUNTRY: CAMEROON Lecturer, Researcher Department of History University of Yaounde I Post Office Box 755, Yaounde Republic of Cameroon Phone: [237] 746 87 93 Email: [email protected]

Mr Samah is also a visiting professor at the Adventist University Cosendai, Nanga-Eboko (Cameroon). He has been researching on governance, conflict and ethnicity in Cameroon. He has especially looked at sources of conflict within indigenous political systems. Mr Samah is a member of Humanus Foundation (formerly Governance Alert) which is engaged in the promotion of human rights, democracy and good governance in Cameroon. He is currently involved in a nation-wide program to educate traditional leaders on human rights and civil liberties. Mr Samah is a holder of an MA and DEA (MPhil) in History, specializing in international relations, and has a just completed his PhD thesis on chieftaincy and governance in Cameroon.

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NAME: YASSIR HASSAN SATTI COUNTRY: SUDAN Director Center for Peace and Development Studies University of Zalingei West Darfur State Sudan Cell: [249] 912673254 Email : [email protected] or [email protected]

Mr Satti has been involved in conflict and peace studies since 1999.He is regarded as one of founders of the peace center as well as faculty of Technology of University of Zalingei . Mr Satti holds an MA and high diploma in development planning from Development Studies and Research Institution – University of Khartoum and now he is a PhD candidate at the University of Sudan for Science and Technology. Mr Satti is also interested in social and economic issues, he has written many essays published in the daily Sudanese newspapers. He has also published poems and two books:‘The Forgotten Poor of West Darfur’ and ‘The Dynamics of Murdering and Impoverishment in Darfur’. He has attended more than fifteen workshops on different issues and in many instances, Mr Satti contributed as core trainer in workshops that were carried out in collaboration with UNDP Sudan office in rule of law, conflict resolution and peace building programmes.

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NAME: DR PASCAL TOUOYEM COUNTRY: CAMEROON Lecturer and Chief Executive Officer Interdisciplinary Centre for Development and Human Rights CIPAD Post Office Box 30 552 Yaoundé Cameroon Phone: [237] 602 54 96 Fax: [237] 231 22 55 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Dr Pascal Touoyem is a long-standing political publicist and publisher, critic of ethnic politics and lecturer of philosophy in University of Yaoundé 1. Prior to this appointment he was a research associate and lecturer at the Faculté de Théologie Protestante de Yaoundé, Cameroon, where he focused on peace and development. Dr Touoyem is Chief Executive Officer of the CIPAD, Interdisciplinary Centre of Development and Human Rights, and serves as a resource person for peace building at the Ecumenical Service for Peace in Cameroon.. He also served as chief editor at the Bilingual Review Dialogue and Reconciliation and director of two Cameroonian quarterlies: La Vesperale and Inpact-Tribune. He works primarily on issues of ethnicity, African security, peace building, democratic governance, development and human rights. He is author of numerous publications including (co-editor) La decentralisation en débat.. Notes critiques sur l’ingénierie politique au Cameroun, 2005). Dr Touoyem is a member of PhD network on intercultural philosophy around the Rotterdam Chair of Foundations of Intercultural Philosophy.

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NAME: DR ANTHONI VAN NIEUWKERK COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA Senior Lecturer Centre for Defence and Security Management Graduate School of Public and Development Management University of the Witwatersrand PO Box 601, WITS, 2050 South Africa Phone: [27] 11 717 3927 Fax: [27] 11 717 3695 Email: [email protected] Website: http://pdm.mgmt.wits.ac.za

Anthoni van Nieuwkerk is a senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management (P&DM) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and attached to the School’s Centre for Defence and Security Management.

He has worked at various academic institutions and between 1994 and 1999 directed the research programme of the Institute for Global Dialogue. At Wits, he is a member of a team coordinating the research and training activities of the Southern African Defence and Security Management (SADSEM) network. He also teaches on the Masters of Management programme at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management.

He is co-editor of three books and author of various journal articles and book chapters. He is a guest lecturer and external examiner at various South African academic and training institutions. He is a council member of the South African Association of Political Science (SAAPS) and a research associate of the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) and Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA). He coordinated African NGO input into the Commission on Human Security’s 2003 global report entitled Human Security Now and is currently a research member and coordinator of various regional projects funded by Scandinavian and European donors.

Research interests include international relations, public policy and foreign policy analysis, and defence and security policy in southern Africa. He holds a BA (Hons) and MA in political studies from the University of Johannesburg and a PhD from Wits University on foreign policy decision-making.

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Section II

External Resource Persons

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NAME: DR SHEDRACK GAYA BEST

COUNTRY: NIGERIA Coordinator Centre for Conflict Management and Peace Studies University of Jos Private Mail Bag 2084 Jos, Plateau State Nigeria Phone: [234] 73 610 514 Fax: [234] 73 610 514 Email: [email protected]

Dr Best is currently Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Conflict/Peace Studies at the University of Jos, and Coordinator of the Centre for Conflict Management and Peace Studies at this same university. He has worked as a facilitator in over 30 workshops in peace building and conflict management and has also been involved in several gender-based activities including the publication of papers and participation in workshops.

Dr Best holds a BSc in international studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; an MSc in international relations and strategic studies from the University of Jos; and a PhD in peace studies, from Bradford University

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NAME: DR MONICA KATHINA JUMA COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA Senior Analyst Peace and Security SaferAfrica 173 Beckett Street Arcadia 0083 Pretoria South Africa Phone: [27] 12 481 6200 Fax: [27] 12 344 6708 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Dr Monica Kathina Juma is a Senior Analyst working on issues of peace and security in the AU-NEPAD programme at SaferAfrica. Prior to this appointment she was a Research Associate at the International Peace Academy, New York, where she focused on crisis and conflicts in Africa.

Dr Juma is an adjunct faculty member of the African Centre for Strategic Studies, at the National Defence University, Washington DC and serves as a resource person for defence colleges in Kenya and South Africa. She also served as Senior Researcher at the Centre for Refugee Studies and Lecturer in the Department of Government and Public Administration in Moi University, Kenya. She works primarily on issues of African security, peace building, disaster response, displacement and human rights. She is author of numerous publications including (co-editor) Eroding Local Capacity: International Humanitarian Action in Africa (African Nordic Institute, 2002).

Dr Juma holds a BA and an MA in government and public administration from the University of Nairobi and a DPhil from the University of Oxford where she was a Commonwealth Fellow and a Wingate Scholar.

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Section III

External Evaluators

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NAME: DR PHOEBE AKINYI NYAWALO COUNTRY: KENYA Lead Evaluator Post Office Box 29 Maseno Keanya or Global School Sweden Badhusberget 130 453 32 Lysekil Sweden Email: [email protected]

Dr Nyawalo has worked as a teacher educator for over twenty years in Kenyan institutions and was Head of the Education Department at Maseno University for many years. Her areas of professional interest are language education, anthropology and peace education. She consults for The Global School (Sida’s agency for school improvement in Sweden) and facilitates the training of teachers for intercultural meetings and international understanding in the project. She sits on the board of the International Association for Peace Psychologists, where she is a representative for the Africa region and has carried out joint research projects in peace education themes. She is the Lead Evaluator for UPEACE – Africa Programme. Dr Nyawalo holds a PhD in education sciences from Bordeaux, France and post-doctoral studies in peace education from Gothenburg University, Sweden.

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NAME: MS JOAN MBAGWU COUNTRY: NIGERIA Programs Manager Olive Branch Konsult 31, Lagos Abeokuta Express Way Ikeja, Laogos Nigeria Phone: [234] 803 340 0846 Email: [email protected]

Ms Mbagwu is Programmes Manager for Olive Branch Konsult. She is currently researching ‘Women and Children and Internal Conflict in Nigeria: Mapping Social Vulnerabilities in Conflict and Post-conflict Situations. A Case Study of Aguleri and Umuleri Conflict’ (Ford Foundation sponsored research for African Strategic and Research Group, AFSTRAG). She has also conducted research on: ‘Endogenous Approaches to Conflict Transformations among the Igbos of Nigeria’, which was her PhD dissertation thesis. Publications of Ms Mbagwu include ‘Campaign for Women in Peacebuilding’ Ife Psychologia, 2001; ‘The Language of Conflict Resolution in Africa 2002’ (Under print) University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Ocean City, Maryland; ‘Conflict Resolution Stakeholders Network Training and Facilitator’s Manuals 2000’; ‘Analysis of Classroom Interaction’, University of Ilorin, Kwara State; and ‘The Roles of Women and NGOs in Socio-Economic Conflict Reduction in Nigeria Rural Communities’, Antioch University, Ohio, USA. Ms Mbagwu has a BA in English education, an MA in conflict resolution and management and is a PhD candidate at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia

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Dr Jean-Bosco Butera is the Director of the Africa Regional Programme of the UN-affiliated University for Peace. He has established the Addis Ababa office of UPEACE currently hosted at the School of Journalism and Communication of the Addis Ababa University. A Host Agreement was recently signed with the Government of Ethiopia. Prior to this posting, Dr Butera was a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Rwanda in Butare and served for eight years as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the University between 1995 and 2003. In 1999, he co-founded and became National Director of the Centre for Conflict Management at the University. He is also a former Director of Cabinet in the Ministry of Transport and Communication in the Government of Rwanda. Dr Butera holds a PhD in Veterinary Parasitology from the University of Ghent in Belgium. Professor Christof Heyns is the Academic Coordinator of the Africa Regional Programme of UPEACE and the Director of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and Professor of Human Rights Law at this same University. He has served as a consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organization of African Unity/African Union and the South African Human Rights Commission. He has long-standing experience in the domain of human rights in Africa and has a wide list of publications in this field; i.e., a chapter in ‘The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights: The System in practice, 1986-2000’, Cambridge University Press; ‘The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level’, Kluwer Law International; ‘The African Regional Human Rights Systems: In Need of Reform?’ in the African Human Rights Law Journal; and the reference work ‘Human Rights Law in Africa’. His articles and books have been translated and published in French and Spanish. Professor Heyns is editor-in-chief of the ‘African Human Rights Law Reports’ and co-founding editor of the African Human Rights Law Journal. Prof Heyns has taught and served as examiner at numerous universities in Africa, Europe and North America, and will be teaching at the American University in Washington DC as well as Oxford in 2005. Professor Heyns is a member of the following boards among others: Academic Advisory Council of the UN affiliated University for Peace; Board of the South African Brand of the International Law Association. Professor Heyns has also been recently appointed as Academic Coordinator for the Africa Programme of the University for Peace. Professor Heyns holds a Master of Arts and an LLB degree from the University of Pretoria, a LLM from Yale University and a PhD from the University of Witwatersrand. Emily Laubscher is the financial officer for the LLM Trade and Investment programme at the University of Pretoria. This programme is a joint venture of the University of Pretoria, the University of the Western Cape in South Africa as well as overseas partner universities, such as the American University Washington DC and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. These Master’s degrees expose the best students in Africa to a world-class education in the field of trade and investment. Before joining the University of Pretoria, she worked in the public sector for various companies, all in financial capacities and her experience in this field spans over many years. Ms. Laubscher holds a Diploma in Financial Management, is actively involved in voluntary charity work for the aged.

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Ms Karen Stefiszyn is the assistant to the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, Africa Programme, based at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. Primarily, she is working on the development of teaching materials for the UPEACE, Africa Programme. She holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario and a MSt in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford. Rafael Velásquez García of Peru is a researcher for the UPEACE Africa Programme, where he oversees and implements the conceptualisation and development of Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution (CPMR) instructional material. Before joining the UPEACE Africa Programme, Rafael worked in the area of public information for the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN– LiREC). Rafael holds a BA in political sciences with specialisation in international relations from Simon Fraser University and an MA in international peace studies with a specialisation in conflict management from UPEACE. Mr P. Krishnamurthy is Director of Administration, Finance and Personnel at the University for Peace, Geneva Office. He is also Director in the Office of the President of the Council and Senior Special Adviser to the Rector of UPEACE. Mr. Krishnamurthy joined the United Nations after 15 years of service with the Government of India. He has held key posts in administration, finance and personnel for 25 years including the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and in the Earth Council. He held dual positions for 4 years with both the Earth Council and the University for Peace. Mr Joutiar Saleh is Education and Information Technology Officer for the University for Peace based in the Geneva office. Mr Saleh is responsible for the overall design, development and implementation of the information system strategies and requirements for the Africa and Central Asia programmes of UPEACE. His expertise has been gained through wide exposure to IT systems and related work experience over the past fifteen years in the area of IT, as well as through his previous position with a UN specialized agency involving extensive field operations. Mr Saleh holds an MA in Finance and Economics.

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