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Timothy K. Murithi, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Head of Programme Institute for Justice and Reconciliation Cape Town, South Africa Tel: +27-21-671-6030 Mobile: +27-714-237-209 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Residence: 76 First Avenue, 1 Sutherland Mews, Claremont, Cape Town 7708, South Africa Date of Birth: 16 October 1970 Summary: 19 years experience in peace and security in Africa with a background in policy development, research, analysis, training, teaching, supervising, programme management and project implementation support. Has worked with the United Nations, African Union, think- tanks, NGOs, development partners, and Universities in Africa, Europe and North America. Extensive publications including two authored books, five edited books and over 75 chapters, articles, policy reports and opinion editorials. Member of boards of NGO’s and academic journals. General Editor of the Routledge/Europa Book Series on Perspectives in Transitional Justice. Numerous speaking engagements in Africa and around the world. Education October - November Keele University, Staffordshire, England 1994 1998 Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations Ph.D. Thesis: The Moral Dimension of International Dispute Settlement: Communicative Ethics and Sub-national Conflict Resolution Mechanisms October - September University of Kent, Canterbury, England 1993 1994 Master of Arts in International Relations M.A. Dissertation: The Role of Contact Groups in Conflict Resolution: The Case of Namibia September - June Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 1990 1993 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Work Experience June 2010 - Present Head of Programme Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) Cape Town, South Africa, www.ijr.org.za Overseeing IJR’s transitional justice programmes with a focus on restorative justice, reconciliation, special tribunals, truth commissions in Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, Zimbabwe, 1

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Timothy K. Murithi, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae

Head of Programme

Institute for Justice and Reconciliation Cape Town, South Africa

Tel: +27-21-671-6030

Mobile: +27-714-237-209 E-mail: [email protected] or

[email protected] Residence: 76 First Avenue, 1 Sutherland Mews, Claremont, Cape Town 7708, South Africa Date of Birth: 16 October 1970 Summary: 19 years experience in peace and security in Africa with a background in policy development, research, analysis, training, teaching, supervising, programme management and project implementation support. Has worked with the United Nations, African Union, think-tanks, NGOs, development partners, and Universities in Africa, Europe and North America. Extensive publications including two authored books, five edited books and over 75 chapters, articles, policy reports and opinion editorials. Member of boards of NGO’s and academic journals. General Editor of the Routledge/Europa Book Series on Perspectives in Transitional Justice. Numerous speaking engagements in Africa and around the world. Education October - November Keele University, Staffordshire, England 1994 1998 Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations

Ph.D. Thesis: The Moral Dimension of International Dispute Settlement: Communicative Ethics and Sub-national Conflict Resolution Mechanisms

October - September University of Kent, Canterbury, England 1993 1994 Master of Arts in International Relations M.A. Dissertation: The Role of Contact Groups in Conflict Resolution: The Case of Namibia September - June Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 1990 1993 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Work Experience June 2010 - Present Head of Programme Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) Cape Town, South Africa, www.ijr.org.za

Overseeing IJR’s transitional justice programmes with a focus on restorative justice, reconciliation, special tribunals, truth commissions in Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, Zimbabwe,

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Mozambique and Kenya. Overall programme management including project design, fundraising, staff supervision, quality assurance, financial management, budget monitoring and human resource issues.

January 2012 to July 2012 Acting Executive Director Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) Cape Town, South Africa Chief Executive Officer of the Institute in the absence of the

Executive Director from January to July 2012. Overall management and direction of the Institute, stakeholder liaison, fundraising and supervising of the senior management team.

May 2009 – May 2010 Head of Programme Peace and Security Council Report Programme Institute for Security Studies Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, www.issafrica.org

Overall programme management including project design, fundraising, staff supervision, quality assurance, financial management, budget monitoring and human resource issues. The editor of a monthly research report analysing the work of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC). Overseeing production of occasional thematic reports on issues under consideration by the AU PSC. Liaising with donors and stakeholders. Deputising for the Office Director in his absence and serving as a member of the senior management of the Institute for Security Studies.

November 2013 – Present General Editor of the Routledge/Europa Book Series on

Perspectives in Transitional Justice Responsible for recruiting and reviewing book proposal

submissions to this series. November 2012 – Present Research Fellow, African Gender Institute University of Cape Town, South Africa

Non-residential appointment. Contribution to the AGI research outputs on gender, peace and security in Africa.

March 2012 – Present Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Non-residential appointment. Contribution to the Departments research outputs on the African Union, peace and security in Africa.

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November 2009 – Present Visiting Professor of International Relations Department of Political Science and International Relations College of Social Sciences Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Non-residential appointment. Delivery of occasional seminar in the Department, notably in the PhD Seminar on Contemporary Issues in International Relations and in the MA Seminar on Peace and Conflict. Examiner of the MA thesis within the Department.

April 2008 – April 2009 Senior Research Fellow Centre for International Cooperation and Security (CICS) Department of Peace Studies University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Development, management and implementation of policy-relevant applied research on peace and security issues. Drafting fundraising proposals and management of research projects and implementation of policy development projects with governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental partners. Undertaking administrative and management duties associated with projects involved in.

January – April 2009 Principal Coordinator and Course Instructor Department of Peace Studies University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Managing and teaching on a Master’s Degree Course on Applied Conflict Resolution Skills. Design and development of course descriptor as well as coordination of the delivery of this course focusing on developing students’ advanced knowledge and understanding of a range of conflict resolution skills. Design and delivery of training material on applied conflict resolution skills. Conducting skills training in conflict analysis as well as negotiation and mediation simulation exercises. Undertaking Department administrative duties associated with the course.

May 2007 – December Senior Researcher 2007 Direct Conflict Prevention Programme (DCP) Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Addis Ababa Office, Ethiopia

Development, management and implementation of policy-relevant research on conflict prevention in Africa with a specific focus on the African Union (AU). Developing capacity building initiatives, workshops and seminars with AU member states and the AU Commission to enhance the efforts of the AU

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Peace and Security Council. Undertake research projects and commission thematic studies on peacebuilding and conflict prevention in Africa. Develop partnerships with policy and research institutions particularly the UN, EU and academic institutions. Financial management and budget monitoring for projects responsible for.

July 2005 – April 2007 Senior Researcher Policy Development and Research (PDR) Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) University of Cape Town

Development, management and implementation of policy-relevant research on peacebuilding in Africa with a specific focus on the African Union and the UN Peacebuilding Commission. Overseeing research projects. Editing books, commissioning chapters, writing policy reports, and articles. Organising policy seminars. Contributing opinion editorials and comments to print and electronic media. Writing funding proposals and reports.

August 2002 – July 2005 Programme Officer Programme in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, Switzerland, www.unitar.org

Designing, planning, fundraising, management and implementation of advanced training programmes in conflict analysis, negotiation and mediation for high-level officials of Foreign Ministries, Defence Ministries, regional and international organizations and senior civil society representatives working in the area of conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Responsible for coordinating the Regional Programme for the whole of Africa. Writing funding proposals and reports and corresponding with donors. Undertaking research relevant to developing training programmes.

January 1999 to August 2002 Associate Programme Officer Programme in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, Switzerland As for Programme Officer (promoted in August 2002). October - January Session Teacher in International Relations 1995 1999 Department of International Relations, Keele University, United Kingdom

Duties included designing and teaching final-year

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undergraduate seminar courses on the theories of international politics.

Consulting and Project Management Experience 3 and 4 May 2010 Consultant, Negotiation Skills Trainer Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and

Development (EIIPD) Facilitator of a two-day training workshop on negotiation skills

for Ethiopian Mine Action-UNDP. 21 April 2010 Consultant Trainer, International Peace Support Training

Centre (IPSTC), Karen, Nairobi, Kenya Facilitator of sessions on the African Peace and Security

Architecture and the AU Peace and Security Council May – October 2008 Co-Director UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) sponsored course on

African Security and Peacekeeping in Complex Emergencies June 2008 to Project Coordinator February 2009 UK Department for International Development (DFID) and

Government of Ethiopia - Study on the Security, Justice, and Dispute Resolution Needs of the Poor in Ethiopia

Project design, planning, management, implementation, analysis and reporting. Commissioning of local coordinator and field researchers. Multilateral negotiations with DFID, the Ethiopian National Security Adviser and Minister of Federal Affairs on project scope and implementation. Delivery of project synthesis report. (Project funding UK pounds 90K).

8 to 12 December 2008 Consultant, Africa Programme, University for Peace, Addis

Ababa, Ethiopia Facilitator of a PhD Candidates Training Workshop on Peace

Research Capacity Building in Africa. Training PhD students on qualitative and quantitative methodology; designing, planning and managing research; proposal writing and ethics in peace research. Mentoring students in the process of research proposal development and field work.

September 2008 Consultant, World Vision International, Nairobi, Kenya Contributed towards formulation of World Vision policy on

peacebuilding in Southern Africa. Wrote a briefing paper submitted to a regional meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa.

May to July 2008 Editor of Case Studies - Timor-Leste, Sierra Leone, Liberia 5

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UK Department for International Development (DFID) Study

on DDR and Human Security: Post-conflict Security Building in the Interests of the Poor. (Project Funding 15K UK Pounds.

March to July 2008 Consultant, InterAfrica Group, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Written two briefings and analysis on the situation in Kenya. January – March 2008 Senior Analyst and Consultant (Cape Town based) Direct Conflict Prevention Programme (DCP) Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Development, management and implementation of policy-relevant research. Drafting and publishing a monograph on the Union Government of Africa. Work on policy development on the AU Panel of the Wise and the AU Peace and Security Council. Provide analysis of conflict situations in Southern Africa.

December 2007 – Consultant/Adviser November 2008 African Citizens Directorate (CIDO) African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Design, develop and draft a Framework Document for the Engagement of civil society organisations with the African Union Peace and Security Council. Consultations held with AU officials, ECOWAS in Abuja and civil society organisations. Presented Framework Document to AU-CSO meeting on 28th November 2008, Lusaka, Zambia.

December – February Consultant, International Peace Institute (IPI) - formerly 2007 2008 the International Peace Academy (IPA), New York, USA Reviewed a Research Paper on the Working Paper Series of the IPA Coping with Crisis Program. 17 to 23 April 2007 Consultant, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) Geneva, Switzerland Wrote a chapter that was included in the Centre’s publication for the African Mediators’ Retreat, co-hosted by the Centre the Nyerere Foundation and the Royal Norwegian Ministry of

Foreign Affairs, in April 2007, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. August – August 2007 Special Fellow 2006 Programme in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy United Nations Institute for Training and Research 6

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Geneva, Switzerland Training consultant on negotiation and mediation as required. 28-29 April 2004 Consultant on Negotiation to UN Compensation

Commission (UNCC), Geneva Conducted negotiation training for UNCC staff 27-31 May 2003 Consultant on Mediation to UNDP - Sierra Leone Facilitated mediation training sessions and simulation exercises

for Government Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Parliamentary and Political Affairs, Trade and Industry and Finance sponsored by the UN Development Programme and the Government of Sierra Leone.

December - May Consultant on Conflict Resolution to DFID 1998 2000 Department for International Development (DFID), Government of the United Kingdom Project Co-ordinator and Executive Secretary to

the Coordinating Committee of the First All-Africa Conference on African Principles of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation

Design, coordination and implementation of the Conference

which was held from 8 -12 November 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Selection of participants, preparing and monitoring the terms of reference for the local conference organizer and other services. Writing of final report. (Project Funding 50K UK Pounds).

15-16 July 2002 Resource Person to the United Nations University for Peace Member of the Panel of International Advisors on Training

Civil Society for Conflict Prevention, 15th and 16th July 2002, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

11 to 15 June 2001 Consultant to the Organization of African Unity (now

African Union) Facilitator and Resource Person of the OAU-Civil Society

Conference Working Group on Peace and Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Worked with the Chair of the panel to facilitate the discussions on the theme of the Working Group. Documentation of the views of delegates to the Conference and providing the report writers with the summary of recommendations to be included in the Final Report of the OAU-Civil Society Conference.

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19 June 2000 Resource Person to the Department for Humanitarian

Affairs, Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, Denmark

Policy Briefing presented on enhancing Training and Human Resource Development in Conflict Resolution in Africa

June 2000 - December 2003 Coordinator, Network for the Promotion of African Principles of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation / Réseau pour la promotion des principes africains des résolution de conflits et de réconciliation (REPARCOR) An association of non-governmental and inter-governmental institutions that support initiatives that promote the use of the cultural values, knowledge and skills drawn from African traditions of conflict resolution and reconciliation.

24-30 September 2000 Consultant to the All-Africa Conference of Churches Facilitator of the Peace and Reconciliation Thematic

Workshop at the All-Africa Conference of Churches, Jubilee Convocation, held from 24 to 30 September, in Lome, Togo

Facilitated discussion among national delegations on Peace and Reconciliation. Assisting with the preparation of a communiqué which was submitted to the Conference and adopted as part of the AACC Jubilee 2000 Message.

December 2003 to Consultant and Training Advisor July 2005 Femmes Africa Solidarité, Dakar, Senegal (www.fasngo.org)

Developed the concept paper and proposal for the

establishment of the Pan-African Centre for Gender, Peace and Development, in Dakar, by FAS an African civil society organization based in Dakar working on gender peace, and development initiatives in West and Central Africa.

Fellowships and Non-Governmental Experience 23 October to Visiting Fellow 23 November 2006 Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), New York, USA

Fellowship granted to conduct research on the UN Peacebuilding Commission and African Union. Publication of an FES paper and the delivery of presentations on the Commission and the African Union to the New York diplomatic community.

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August 2003 to Visiting Research Fellow, African Centre for Peace and December 2003 Conflict Studies, Department of Peace Studies, University

of Bradford, United Kingdom November 2003 Co-founder and Programme Advisor July 2005 Wisdom at Work (WaW), Geneva, Switzerland (www.wisdomatwork.net) NGO seeking to promote a more value-based working environment within the United Nations System October – July Chairperson of the Keele Research Association (KRA)

1997 1998 Tasked with addressing post-graduate student concerns and making representations to the University Senate. Member of

management committee of the KRA Common Room and Restaurant.

May - December Co-founder and Information Officer, Forum on Africa 1997 1998 International Relations (FAIR) A Working Group of the British International Studies Association. Co-founder, co-convenor and information officer.

Advisory Functions July 2012 – Present Member of the Advisory Board of the African

Journal of Conflict Resolution, www.accord.org.za December 2011 – Present Member of the International Editorial Board of the

Journal, Peacebuilding. March 2009 – Present Member of the International Editorial Board,

African Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, University for Peace. (www.upeace.org).

October 2007 – June 2009 Member of the Board of Directors, Global Vision

Institute, New York, USA

The Global Vision Institute (GVI) provides a space for the exchange, development and experimentation of ideas and practices towards a positive universal-values-based international system.

December 2002 - Present Member of the International Editorial Board of the

Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (www.journalpeacedev.org)

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19 February 2004-Present Member of the International Advisory Council of

the TODA Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research (www.toda.org)

Academic Lecturing Experience 16 October 2008 Lecture delivered to the Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution

course at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, on ‘Conflict Prevention’.

25 May 2007 Lecture delivered at the Department of Politics and

International Relations, Addis Ababa University on ‘Pan-Africanism and the Grand Debate on a Union Government’.

7 February 2007 Lecture delivered to the Research Unit of the National

Assembly of Nigeria, at a workshop on ‘Research on National Assemblies: Comparing Experiences Across Africa’, Democratic Governance and Rights Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

30 October 2006 Lectured to the Africa in Transition Masters Course, School of

International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, New York, USA.

11 August 2006 Lectured to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honours

Course, Department of Law, University of Western Cape, South Africa.

7 March 2006 Lectured on the History of Conflict Resolution in Southern

Africa Master’s Course, History Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Post-Graduate Supervising and Examining Experience January 2009 – May 2009 PhD Supervisor, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Doctoral Student: Arthur Bainomugisha, Thesis Topic: Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda and South Sudan: Challenges for the Re-intergration Processes

February – May 2009 MA Dissertation Supervisor, Department of Peace Studies,

University of Bradford, United Kingdom May 2007 - June 2009 External Examiner Department of Politics and International Studies Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

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Examiner for the Masters Degree Programme in International Relations.

March to April 2007 External Examiner

Department of Politics, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Examined Degrees for Master of Social Sciences in International Relations and Master of Philosophy in Justice and Transformation.

Training Work Experience Course Coordinator and Trainer United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Workshop on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, 11 and 12 May 2006, United Nations Office, Nairobi, Kenya Consultant Mediation Trainer World Learning for International Development: Africa Peace and Development Initiative (APADI) Workshop, for Ugandan and Ethiopian Civil Society, Entebbe, Uganda, 12-13 January and Nairobi, Kenya, 18-19 January 2005 (www.worldlearning.org) Course Coordinator and Trainer UNITAR Regional Training Programme to Enhance Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Africa, from 9 to 20 October 2000 at the Gorée Institute in Dakar, Senegal. Subsequently held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: from 8 to 19 October 2001; from 18 to 29 November 2002; from 13 to 24 October 2003; from 29 November to 9 December 2004. Course Coordinator and Trainer UNITAR Sub-Regional Training Programme to Enhance Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Southern Africa, in Harare, Zimbabwe from 20 to 31 March 2000; from 19 February to 2 March 2001. Subsequently held in Cape Town, South Africa from 28 April to 8 May 2003; 22 March to 2 April 2004; from 8 to 18 March 2005. Course Negotiation Trainer UNITAR Training Programme to Enhance the Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Capacities of Minority and Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives, Cartigny, Switzerland. From 25 to 30 July 2001; from 27 July to 1 August 2003; from 26 to 30 July 2004. Workshop Facilitator Workshop on ‘Human Security Situation Analysis: The Case of Western Darfur’ in the UNITAR Programme on International Affairs Management on Building Partnerships for 11

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Human Security and Development, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 17 July 2004. Prior to that from 23 April to 11 May 2001. Workshop Facilitator Workshop on ‘Values as Tools for Peacemaking’, the International Society for Human Values Conference on ‘Youth and Human Values’, Geneva, Switzerland, 10 October 2002.

Teaching Assistant Research Training Course for First Year Ph.D. students in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Keele University, March 1998. Publications – Summary Profile over 75 publications including: 2 single authored books; 5 edited books (2 co-edited); guest editor on 2 journals; 11 peer reviewed journal articles; 13 journal articles and research papers; 16 chapters in edited books; 9 policy reports; 3 training manuals; 3 internet publications; 10 opinion editorials; 7 radio and newspaper interviews; over 50 presentations; Forthcoming publications - one co-authored book, two co-edited books and 6 chapters and papers. Single Authored Books The Ethics of Peacebuilding, (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009), pp.182. ISBN 978-0-748624478. The African Union: Pan-Africanism, Peacebuilding and Development, (Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishers, 2005), pp.184. ISBN 978-0-754639-53-4. Edited Books Routledge Handbook of Africa’s International Relations, (London: Routledge, 2014) Towards an African Union Government: Challenges and Opportunities, (Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, January 2008), pp. 189. ISBN 978-1-920114-25-1. (www.issafrica.org). The African Union Peace and Security Council: A Five Year Appraisal, (Pretoria: ISS, 2012) with Hallelujah Lulie. Co-edited Books Zimbabwe in Transition: A View From Within, (Johannesburg, Jacana Press, 2011) with Aquilina Mawadza. pp.302 (www.jacana.press) The African Union and its Institutions, (Johannesburg: Jacana Press, 2008) with John Akokpari and Angela Ndinga-Muvumba. pp.416. ISBN 978-1-920196-03-5. (www.jacana.press). The Politics of Transitional Justice in the Great Lakes Region, (Forthcoming 2014)

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Editing of Special Journal Editions Guest Editor, African Security Review, Vol.16, No.3, 2007, Special Issue on ‘Conflict Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect’ (www.issafrica.org) Guest Editor, African Peace and Conflict Journal, Vol.2, 2009, Special Issue on ‘Indigenous Peace Systems in Africa’ (www.africa.upeace.org) Editor of the Peace and Security Council Report, May 2009 to June 2010, available (www.issafrica.org). Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed Journals) ‘The African Peace and Security Architecture’, Africa Insight, 2012. ‘The African Union and the Libyan Crisis: Situating the Responsibility to Protect in Africa’, Journal of African Union Studies, Vol.1, Issue 1, 2012, pp.87-92. ‘International Criminal Justice, the African Union and the International Criminal Court’, Journal of African Union Studies, Vol.1, No.2, 2012, pp.9-24. ‘Between Reactive and Proactive Interventionism: The African Union Peace and Security Council Interventions in the Horn of Africa’, African Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2013. ‘The African Union at Ten: An Appraisal’, African Affairs, 2012. ‘Transitional Justice and Development: Partners for Sustainable Peace in Africa?, Journal for Peacebuilding and Development, Vol.6, No.2, 2011, with Yvette Selim, pp.58-72. ‘IGAD on the Ground: Comparing Interventions in Sudan and Somalia', African Security, Vol.3, No.1, 2010. Subsequently published in Fredrik Soderbaum and Rodrigo Tavares, (eds), Regional Organizations in African Security, (London: Routledge, 2010), pp.68-89. 'The African Union's Foray into Peacekeeping: Lessons from the Hybrid Mission in Darfur', Journal of Conflict, Peace and Development, Vol.14, 2009. ‘An African Perspective on Peace Education: Ubuntu Lessons in Reconciliation’, International Review of Education, Vol.55, Issue 2, March 2009, pp.221-233. ‘The Structural Violence of Elections: Reflections on the Post-Electoral Crisis in Kenya’, African Renaissance, Vol.5, No. 3, 2009, pp.11-21. ‘Peacebuilding or UN-building? African Institutional Responses to the Peacebuilding Commission’, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Vol.4, No.2, 2008, pp.89-94. ‘The Evolving Role of the African Union Peace Operations: The AU Mission in Burundi, Darfur, and Somalia’, Africa Security Review, Vol.17, No.1, March 2008, pp.70-82.

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‘The Responsibility to Protect as Enshrined in Article 4 of the African Union Constitutive Act’, Africa Security Review, Vol.16, No.3, October 2007, pp.14-24. ‘A Local Response to the Global Human Rights Standard: The Ubuntu Perspective on Human Dignity’, Globalisation, Societies and Education, Vol.5, No.3, November 2007, pp.277-286. ‘African Approaches to Building Peace and Social Solidarity’, African Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 7, Vol.6, No.2, 2007, pp.9-33. ‘Practical Peacemaking Wisdom from Africa: Reflections on ‘Ubuntu’, Journal of Pan-African Studies, Vol.1, No.4, 2006, pp.25-34. (Available at: http://www.jpanafrican.com). Rethinking the United Nations System: Prospects for a World Federation of Nations?, International Journal on World Peace, Vol. XX, No. 4, December 2003, pp.3-28. ‘The Myth of Violent Human Nature’, Peace and Policy: Violence in a Non-violent World, Vol. 8, September 2003, pp.28-32. ‘Rebuilding Social Trust and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda’, Peace Review, 14(3), September 2002, pp.291-295. Journal Articles and Research Papers ‘The Role of Security Sector Reform in Dealing with the Past’, in Mo Bleeker (ed), Politorbis: Swiss Review of Foreign Affairs, Special Edition on Dealing with the Past (Bern: Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs), No.50 (3), 2010, pp.65-70. ‘The Regional Dimensions of Sudan’s Post-2011 Referendum: The AU, IGAD and Neighbouring States’, in Damien Helly (ed), Post-2011 Referendum Scenarios, (Paris: European Union Institute for Security Studies, 2009), pp.52-57. ‘The African Union’s Transition from Non-Intervention to Non-Indifference: An Ad hoc Approach to the Responsibility to Protect?’, International Politics and Society, Vol.1, 2009, pp.90-108. ‘Kenya – A Year After the Crisis: The Quest for Electoral Reform and Transitional Justice’, Institute for Security Studies Situation Report, 14 January 2009, pp.1-12. www.issafrica.org ‘Post-Accord Kenya: Between a Fragile Peace and a Constitutional Revival’, Inter-Africa Group Briefing, July 2008, pp. 1-10. ‘The Kenyan Post-Electoral Crisis and the Prospects for Stabilization’ Inter-Africa Group Briefing, May 2008, pp. 1-9. ‘Kenya in Transition: Mediation, Power-sharing and Constitutional Reform’, Conflict Trends, Vol.1, Vol. 1, April 2008, pp.16-19. 'Catalysts for Change: The Role of Civil Society in Building Capacity for Transitional Justice

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in Africa', Occasional Paper, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, (Forthcoming 20011). ‘The Transition Towards the Union Government of Africa’, Africa Quarterly, Vol.47, No.3, August – October 2007, pp.30-45. ‘Addressing the Scourge of War: The Prospects for the UN Peacebuilding Commission’, Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. V, No.1, 2007, pp.11-18. ‘Reflections on Leadership: From the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU), Conflict Trends, Vol.2, 2007, pp.9-14. ‘Institutionalising Pan-Africanism: Transforming African Union Values and Principles to Policies and Practice, Institute for Security Studies Occasional Paper, No. 143, June 2007, pp.1-16. ‘Between Paternalism and Hybrid Partnership: The Emerging UN and Africa Relationship in Peace Operations’, FES Briefing Paper, No.2, New York, February 2007, pp.1-8. Available at: http://www.fes-globalization.org/publications ‘The African Union / NEPAD Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy Framework: An Analysis’, Conflict Trends, Vol. 26, March 2006, pp.16-24. ‘State Collapse and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Africa’, In.Law: Italian Journal of International Law, No.1, January-February, 2006, pp.30-33, www.inlawjournal.it ‘Toward a Culturally Inclusive Notion of Human Rights: Based on the African World View Ubuntu’, Human Rights Tribune, Vol. 10, No. 1, March 2004, pp.14-15 ‘The African Union and NEPAD: Viable Projects for Peacebuilding and Development ?’, The Geneva Forum: An International Dialogue on World Affairs, 1(1), June - September 2003, pp. 15-34 ‘The OAU Mechanism for Conflict Resolution: Contextualizing the Sub-national Problem’, Africa World Review, (March 1998), pp.18-21. Chapters in Edited Books ‘The Role of Regional Organisations’, in Adam Lupel and Ernesto Verdeja (eds), Responding to Genocide: The Politics of International Action, (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2013). ‘Towards African Models of Transitional Justice’, in Chris Dolan, Moses Okello and Levis Onegi, (eds), When Law Meets Reality: Forging an African Transitional Justice, (Nairobi: Pambazuka Press, 2012). ‘Towards the Metamorphosis of the United Nations: A Proposal for Establishing Global Democracy’, in Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi and Raffaele Marchetti (eds), Global Democracy: Normative and Empirical Perspectives, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp.132-149.

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‘African Traditions for Peacemaking’, in Susan Allen Nan, Zachariah Mampilly and Andrea Bartoli (eds), Peacemaking: From Practice to Theory, (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011). ‘Pan-Africanism and the Crisis of Postcoloniality: From the Organization of African Unity to the African Union’ in Kenneth Omeje (ed), The Crisis of Postcoloniality in Africa, (Dakar: CODESRIA, 2011). 'Africa and the World: The African Union and the United Nations – Between Paternalism and Partnership', in Kwandiwe Kondlo & Chinenyengozi Ejiogu (eds), Africa in Focus: Governance in the 21st Century, (Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, February 2011). ‘Security Governance and the African Union: The Gender Dimension’, in Funmi Olonisakin and Awino Oketch (eds), Security Governance and Gender, (London: Pambazuka Books, 2011). ‘The AU as an International Actor’, in Jack Mangala (ed), Africa and Humanitarian Action, (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2011) ‘The African Union Panel of the Wise’, in Joao Gomes-Porto and Ulf Engel (eds), The African Peace and Security Architecture, (London: Ashgate, 2010). ‘Mainstreaming Gender in the Peace and Security Agenda of the African Union’, in Yoke-Lian Lee (ed), The Politics of Gender: A Survey, (London: Routlegde, 2010), pp.148-160. ‘The UN Peacebuilding Commission’, in Adekeye Adebajo (ed), From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and the United Nations, (Durban: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Press, 2009), pp. 351-372. ‘Aid Colonisation and the Promise of African Continental Integration’, Hakima Abbas and Yves Niyiragira (eds), Aid to Africa: Redeemer or Coloniser?, (Nairobi: Fahamu Books, 2009), p.1-12. ‘African Institutions Securing Peace and Development Across Borders’, Chapter Introduction, in Erin MacCandless and Tony Karbo (eds), African Reader on Peace and Security (Addis Ababa: University for Peace, 2009) ‘The Proposed Union Government of Africa and the Role of Regional Economic Communities’, South African Institute of International Affairs Annual Yearbook, (Johannesburg: SAIIA, 2009). ‘African Indigenous and Endogenous Approaches to Peace and Conflict Resolution’, in David Francis (ed), Peace and Conflict in Africa, (London: Zed Books, 2008), pp.16-30. ‘Introduction: Building an African Union for the 21st Century’, in John Akokpari, Angela Ndinga-Muvumba and Tim Murithi (eds.) The African Union and its Institutions, (Durban: Kwa-Zulu Natal University Press, 2008), pp.1-21. ‘Under the Acacia: Mediation and the Dilemma of Inclusion’, with Paula Murphy-Ives, in

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Katia Papagianni (ed), Conflict Mediation in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities, (Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, April 2007), pp. 77-84. ‘Developments Under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Relevant to Minorities’, in Kristin Henard and Ian Dunbar (eds.), Synergies in Minority Protection: European and International Law Perspectives, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp.432. ‘The UN Peacebuilding Commission and its Implications for Africa’, in Garth Le Pere and Nhamo Samasuwo (eds.), The UN at 60: A New Spin on an Old Hub, (Midrand, South Africa: Institute for Global Dialogue, 2006), pp.148-158. ‘Towards a Symbiotic Partnership: The UN Peacebuilding Commission and the Evolving African Union/NEPAD Post-Conflict Reconstruction Framework, in Adekeye Adebajo and Helen Scanlon (eds.), Dialogue of the Deaf: Essays on African and the United Nations, (Johannesburg: Jacana Press, 2006), pp. 243-259. ‘The African Union and the Prospects for Minority Protection’, in Alexandra Xanthaki and Nazila Ghanea (eds.), Minorities, Peoples and Self-Determination, (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2005), pp.299-314. ‘Ubuntu and Human Rights’, in Rhona Smith and Christien Van Den Anker, (eds.), The Essentials of Human Rights, (London: Hodder Arnold, 2005), pp.341-342. ‘New Partnership for Africa’s Development and Human Rights’, in Rhona Smith and Christien Van Den Anker, (eds.) The Essentials of Human Rights (London: Hodder Arnold, 2005), pp.272-273. ‘Strengthening Indigenous Institutions’, in Innovations in Global Governance, (New Haven: Academic Council of the United Nations, ACUNS, November 2000). ‘From Conflict Resolution to Sustainable Democracy: State Collapse and Post-Conflict Peace Building in Africa’, in Simon Bakut and Sagarika Dutt (eds.), Africa Towards the Millennium: An Agenda for Mature Development, (London: Palgrave, 2000). ‘NGOs and Conflict Resolution in Africa’, Oliver Furley and Roy May, (eds.), Peacekeeping in Africa, (London: Ashgate Publishing, 1998), pp.265-281 ‘Electoral Systems and the Management of Ethnic Conflict in Africa’, in Andrew Dobson and Jeff Stanyer, (eds.), Contemporary Political Studies, (Nottingham: Political Studies Association, 1998), pp.14-21. Policy Reports and Briefs African Perspectives on the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), Policy Brief No. 7, co-authored with Friederike Bubenzer, Cara Meintjes, Allan Ngari and Webster Zambara, June 2012, www.ijr.org.za

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The African Union and the International Criminal Court: An Embattled Relationship? Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), Policy Brief No.8, March 2013, www.ijr.org.za The ICC and Community-Level Reconciliation in Africa: In-Country Perspectives, co-edited with Allan Ngari, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), Regional Consultation Report, August 2011, www.ijr.org.za Traditional Justice and War Crimes in Uganda, co-authored with Lino Ogora, Justice and Reconciliation Project (JRP) and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), Joint Policy Brief, No.1, August 2011, www.ijr.org.za Sequencing the Administration of Justice to Enable the Pursuit of Peace: Can the ICC Complement Restorative Justice Initiatives?, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), Policy Brief No.1, June 2010, www.ijr.org.za Study on the Security, Justice and Dispute Resolution Needs of the Poor in Ethiopia, Government of Ethiopia and the UK Department for International Development, February 2009. Co-authored with Owen Greene, Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge and Kumlachew Dagne. The United Nations Role in Africa: 1945-2005, Centre for Conflict Resolution and Freidrich Ebert Stiftung, Maputo, Mozambique, 14-16 December 2006. Co-authored with Helen Scanlon. (Available at: http://ccrweb.uct.ac.za). The United Nations Mediation Experience in Africa, Centre for Conflict Resolution and the United Nations Department for Political Affairs seminar report, Cape Town, South Africa, Forthcoming, 16-17 October 2006, pp.41. Co-authored with Judi Hudson. (Available at: http://ccrweb.uct.ac.za). African Perspectives on the UN Peacebuilding Commission, Centre for Conflict Resolution and Freidrich Ebert Stiftung, Maputo, Mozambique, 3-4 August 2006. Co-authored with Helen Scanlon. (Available at: http://ccrweb.uct.ac.za). South Sudan in a New Sudan, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Franschhoek, South Africa, 20-21 April 2006, pp.40. Co-author with Vanessa Jimenez. (Available at: http://ccrweb.uct.ac.za). Building an African Union for the 21st Century: Relations with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), NEPAD and Civil Society, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa, 20 to 22 August 2005, pp.62. Co-authored with Angela Ndinga-Muvumba. (Available at: http://ccrweb.uct.ac.za). HIV/AIDS and Human Security: An Agenda for Africa, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9 to 10 September 2005, pp.32. Co-authored with Angela Ndinga-Muvumba and Helen Scanlon. (Available at: http://ccrweb.uct.ac.za). The Challenge of Democratic Transition in Post-Conflict Situations: Applying Lessons from the Past to Future UN Peacemaking and Peacebuilding, UNITAR Policy Report of the UNITAR-UN Department of Political Affairs Seminar. Co-authored with Connie Peck and Trisha Riedy. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Institute for Training and Research, May

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1999. Briefing and De-briefing of Special Representatives of the UN Secretary General, Co-authored with Connie Peck and Trisha Riedy. Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland: United Nations Institute for Training and Research, October 2002. Co-editor, African Principles of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, UNITAR-DFID Report, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 2000. ‘Enhancing Training and Human Resource Development in Africa’, Policy Brief Presented to the, Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 19 June 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark ‘The Importance of African Principles of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation’, a Policy Briefing presented to the ‘Regional Consultation on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation’ conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Development Assistance Committee (DAC), in co-operation with UN Economic Commission for Africa and the OAU, 15-17 November 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Training Manuals Written Togwen-Puka Land Dispute: A Mediation Simulation Exercise (Geneva: UNITAR, 2005) ‘Human Security Situation Analysis’, (Geneva: UNITAR, July 2004) ‘Mediation Training for Peacemakers in Africa’, (Geneva: UNITAR, May 2003) The Juwana Civil War: A Mediation Simulation Exercise, (Geneva: UNITAR, 2002) Internet Publications Africa’s Ambivalent Union, http://www.pambazuka.org, accessed on 18 February 2009. Beyond the Politics of Polarisation in Kenya, http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/46046, accessed on 12 February 2008. The Panel of the Wise: Operationalising the AU Mediation Framework, AU Monitor http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/347/, Accessed on 28 August 2007. ‘Peacebuilding in Africa: The Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century’, Internet Publication http://www.unoy.org (Venedien, Netherlands: United Nations of Youth Foundation, October 2002), accessed October 2002. Opinion Editorials ‘ANC Revivalism and Non-Racialism’ SA Reconciliation Barometer Newsletter, Vol. 8, Issue 3, November 2010. ‘Home Grown Solution: New Constitution Gives Kenya Hope’, Cape Times, 9 September

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2010. ‘The International Criminal Court in Africa’, SA Reconciliation Barometer Newsletter, Vol. 8, Issue 2, August 2010. ‘A Year of Peace: Letter from Addis’ African.org, July 2010. 'Much Ado about Justice and Pirates: Letter from Addis', May 2010 'Decoding the SA Moral Code' Cape Times, 6 May 2010 ‘AU leaders Snub Ghadaffi: Letter from Addis’, African.org, April 2010 ‘African Union Pre-Summit 2010: Letter from Addis’, African.org, February 2010 ‘The Spectre of Impunity threatens to Derail the Special Tribunal’, Cape Times, 14 July 2009. ‘Is Gaddafi’s Election Good for African Unity?’, East African, 9 February 2009. ‘Africa will not end its Marginalisation until its Leaders Unite the Continent’, Cape Times, 4 February 2009. ‘Imperial Presidency will Tear Kenya Apart’, East African, 14 January 2008. ‘Winner-takes-all-politics Tearing Kenya Apart’, Cape Times, 9 January 2008. ‘Blessed are the AU Peacemakers’, Sub-Saharan Informer, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20 August 2007. ‘Can there be an African Union Government without African Citizens?’, Sub-Saharan Informer, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 June 2007. ‘Building Peace When War is Over’ with Helen Scanlon, Business Day, South Africa, 9 November 2006. ‘Native’ Debate Shows Race Issue Lives in SA Psyche, Cape Times, Thursday 9 September 2006. Oil Revenues Can Rebuild Sudan, if they Buy the Peace, Cape Times, Monday 11 May 2006. A Decisive Moment for UN Reform, Cape Times, South Africa, Monday 17 April, 2006. UN Reform Should Shift Power from Governments to the People of the World, Cape Times, South Africa, Wednesday 12 October 2005. Putting a New Face on African Unity, with Angela Ndinga-Muvumba, Business Day, South Africa, 18 August 2005.

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Refereed Articles for: African Journal of Peace and Conflict, University of Peace, Costa Rica. Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, UK. African Security, published by Routlegde, London, UK. Ethics and International Affairs, published by Carneige Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York, USA. International Peacekeeping, published by Taylor and Francis, UK. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, published by Centre for Global Peace, American University, Washington, USA. African Affairs, published by the Royal Society for African Affairs, UK. Refereeing for Research Councils: March 2009 – Refereed Grant Application for The Nuffield Foundation, Social Science Award Scheme – Small Grants. Television Interviews South Africa’s Foreign Policy, Judge for Yourself, E-TV South Africa, 13 November 2011 Radio Interviews The Situation in Kenya, Cape Talk 567 AM, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 January 2008. The African Union Government, Unique FM, 95.7, Accra, Ghana, 2 July 2007. Reform of the United Nations, ‘Four Corners’ Programme, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Radio 4 London, UK, 24 October 2005. The Ugandan Referendum, on Voice of the Cape Radio, 98.5 FM, 3 August 2005, Cape Town, South Africa. Newspaper Interviews ‘The United States of Africa’, interview conducted by the Ethiopian Herald, 9 November 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ‘The Security Situation in the Horn of Africa’, interview conducted by The Reporter, 17 July

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2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ‘Africa Should Use Indigenous Knowledge to Settle Conflicts’, interview conducted by the Ethiopian News Agency and published in The Ethiopian Herald, 7 November 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Keynote Speeches Delivered the Mary Kingsley Zochonis Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom, sponsored by the Royal Society of African Affairs and the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) on ‘The State and Mining in Africa’. Title of talk: Under-mining Africa: The Illicit Trade in Natural Resources and its Impact on Peacebuilding and Development, 12 and 13 September 2007, Centre for African Studies, Leeds University, United Kingdom. The African Union: Pan-Africanism, Peacebuilding and Development, Keynote speech to the International Centre Associates, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 8 September 2004. Peacebuilding in Africa: The Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century, Keynote Speech to the African Students Conference, Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, 27 September 2002 Select Conference and Seminar Presentations: ‘The African Union and the Transitional Justice’ Expert Thematic Meeting on Peace and Justice insights for AU Mediators, Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), Helsinki/Addis Ababa, at the 15 and 16 July 2010, Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ‘Peace and Justice Stocktaking at the ICC Review Conference’ Roundtable on Post-Kampala Reflections, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation/Institute for Security Studies, 22 June 2010, Cape Town, South Africa. 'The African Union and Regional Security in 2010', Regional Security Studies Course for Senior Officers, International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC), 22nd April 2010, IPSTIC, Westwood Park, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya. ‘Beyond Reactive and Proactive Interventionism: The PSC Interventions in the Horn of Africa’, Expert Roundtable on ‘Regional Security in the Horn of Africa’, 14-15 April 2010, Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya ‘The Evolution of the African Union Peace and Security Council’, Expert Roundtable on ‘The AU Peace and Security Council: A Five Year Appraisal (2004-2009), 29-30 March 2010, Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 'Catalysts for Change: The Role of Civil Society in Building Capacity for Transitional Justice in Africa', Regional Consultation on Transitional Justice in Africa, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, 24-26 August 2009, Sunnyside Park Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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‘The African Union’s Foray into Peacekeeping: Lessons from the Hybrid Mission in Darfur’, International Training Course on Security Policy, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 18 November 2008, Geneva, Switzerland. ‘The African Union Transition from Non-Intervention to Non-Indifference: An Ad hoc Version of the Responsibility to Protect?, 3rd Annual Garnet Conference, Sciences Po, Bordeaux, France, 18-20 September 2008. ‘Study on the Security, Justice and Dispute Resolution Needs of the Poor in Ethiopia: Conceptual and Methodological Issues’ University for Peace, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 and 13 June 2008. ‘The Tension and Contradiction Between Peacebuilding and Statebuilding’, the 38th Annual International Peace Institute (formerly International Peace Academy) Seminar on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping convened in cooperation with the Austrian Ministry of Defence and the Diplomatic Academy, Vienna, Austria, 1 to 3 June 2008. ‘The Prospects for the African Union in 2008’, Seminar on ‘Africa in 2008’, the Corruption and Governance Programme, Institute for Security Studies, The Book Lounge, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 February 2008. ‘The Case for the Establishment of the Union Government of Africa’, Seminar on the Union Government of Africa and the 10th Summit of the AU Heads of State, Institute for Security Studies, United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23 January 2008. ‘Origins and Innovation of the AU: From Non-Intervention to Non-Indifference’ and ‘The Institutional Set-up of the African Peace and Security Architecture: The Linkage Between the AU and RECs’, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Training Programme on the African Peace and Security Architecture for East African Journalists and Editors, King’s Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20-22 November 2007. The Politics of Implementing the UN-AU Ten-year Framework of Collaboration, International Peace Academy (IPA), Conference on ‘The Ten-Year Capacity Building Programme: Towards a Broader Understanding of AU-UN Cooperation’, United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-8 November 2007. The African Peace and Security Architecture: Strategies for Engagement, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Regional Representatives Meeting, Kuriftu Resort and Spa, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, 5 November 2007. Collaboration between the AU and EU on Peace and Security, The African Union’s Second Civil Society Consultation on the EU-Africa Joint Strategy for Africa’s Development, Erata Hotel, Accra, Ghana, 19-21 October 2007. The Darfur Dilemma, AfroFlag Youth Vision Symposium on ‘Solidarity with Darfur’, Axum Hotel, Addis Ababa, 10 October 2007. Understanding Crisis in Africa: Strategies for Engagement, Oxfam International Policy

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Leaders Meeting on the ‘Global Rights in Crisis Campaign’, Imperial Hotel, Addis Ababa, 10 October 2007. The AU in Peace Operations: AMIB, AMIS and AMISOM, German Council on Foreign Relations Post-Graduate Summer School, Berlin, Germany, 19 July 2007. The Responsibility to Protect Enshrined in the African Union Constitutive Act, Oxfam and African Humanitarian Action Symposium on the Responsibility to Protect, Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8 June 2007. From Pan-Africanism to the Union of Africa, OXFAM-Ethiopia and AfroFlag Vision Seminar, Axum Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 May 2007. Africa Day, Pan-Africanism and the United States of Africa,, Department of Politics and International Studies, Addis Ababa University, 25 May 2007. The Role of Institutions in Peacebuilding in Africa: The AU and UN, Norwegian Parliamentarians Briefing, Commodore Hotel, Cape Town, 2 March 2007. The Perennial Challenge of Consolidating Democratic Governance in Africa, Democracy and Governance Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 7 February 2007. Operationalising the UN Peacebuilding Commission: The Case of Sierra Leone and Burundi, Centre for Conflict Resolution and Friedrich Ebert Foundation Policy Seminar on ‘The Role of the UN in Africa: 1945 to 2005’, Maputo, Mozambique, 14 to 16 December 2006. The Morality of Peacebuilding, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Policy Seminar, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA, 21 November 2006. Disseminating Information and Providing Knowledge on Gender, Peace and Security, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York, USA 13 November 2006. The Role of Civil Society in the UN Peacebuilding Commission, United Nations Institute for Training and Research Briefing, United Nations New York, USA, 2 November 2006. The Evolving Role of the African Union in Peace Operations, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, USA, 30 October 2006. The African Union and Conflict Resolution in Darfur, South African Association of Political Science Annual Conference, University of Western Cape, 5-8 September 2006. Training the Civilian Component of the African Standby Force, African Union, Peace Operations Support Division, Directorate of Peace and Security, Technical Experts Workshop on the Civilian Dimension of the African Standby Force, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre, 29 August to 1 September 2006. On Deafness and Dialogue: The UN Peacebuilding Commission and the African Union Post-Conflict Reconstruction Framework, Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town, 21 August 2006.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution in Africa: Indigenous Systems of Justice in Africa, Department of Law, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, 11 August 2006. African Approaches to Building Peace and Social Solidarity, African Union and University of Peace Conference on ‘Strategies for Peace with Development: The Role of Education, Research and Training’, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12-14 June 2006. The African Union as a Framework for Conflict Resolution, University of Mohammed VI Conference on ‘Prevention and Conflict Resolution in Africa in the Post-Cold War International System’, Rabat, Morocco, 26-28 April 2006. The Role of African Think Tanks in Influencing Policy on Peace and Security Issues, African Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, Conference on ‘Beyond the Year of Africa’, 28-29 March 2006, Bradford, United Kingdom. The Peace with Justice Matrix: Exploring the Nexus Between Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice, International Centre for Transitional Justice Seminar, 22 February 2006, Cape Town, South Africa. The UN Peacebuilding Commission and its Implications for Africa, Institute for Global Dialogue and University of Pretoria, Conference on ‘UN at Sixty’, 29-30 October 2005, Tshwane-Pretoria, South Africa. Addressing the Scourge of War: The Prospects of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, University of Geneva, Symposium on UN Reform, 1 October 2005, Geneva, Switzerland. Strengthening the African Union through Civil Society Participation, African Union – Civil Society Workshop, 29-31 August 2005, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre, Accra, Ghana. The Role of AU and NEPAD in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Centre for Conflict Resolution Policy Seminar on ‘Building an African Union for the 21st Century’, 20-22 August 2005, Cape Town, South Africa The Attitudes of a Peacemaker, Wisdom at Work Seminar, 12 June 2005, Geneva, Switzerland. Projecting Stability in Africa: The Prospects of AU-NATO Collaboration, The Democratic Control of Armed Forces/NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 26-29 May 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria. The United Nations and Post-Conflict Reconciliation in Africa, Fifth Geneva Research and Policy Dialogue, Palais des Nations, United Nations Office in Geneva, 26-27 October 2004. Un-Natural Disorder: Human Nature, Violence and World Order, Association of Bahai Studies Annual Conference, Laupertacht International Law Centre, University of Cambridge, England, 23 October 2004

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Kenya International Network for Development: Vision and Objectives, International Student House, London, 25 September 2004. The United Nations: A Political Orbituary, Guest Lecture, Department of Law, University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada, 14 September 2004. Training in Peacemaking and Multilateral Diplomacy to Enhance Human Security, Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations, International Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 June to 2 July 2004. NGO Contribution to the Work of the UN: Towards the Spiritualization of UN Initiatives, Paper presented to the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, NGO Lounge, UN Office Geneva, 21 April 2004. Transcending Fear in an Age of Terror, Wisdom at Work, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 February 2004. Globalization and the Constraints on Peacebuilding in Africa, Review of African Political Economy Conference (ROAPE), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 5 - 7 September 2003. Also presented at the British International Studies Association Conference, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 15-17 December 2003 Rethinking the United Nations System: Prospects for a World Federation of Nations ?, 41st Geneva Graduate Study Programme, United Nations Office in Geneva, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 18 July 2003 Transforming Global Governance to Enhance Peacebuilding, Programme on Global Policy and Governance, Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and the Graduate Institute for International Affairs (HEI), Geneva, Switzerland, 15 July 2003 The African Union and NEPAD: Viable Projects for Peacebuilding and Development ?, Swiss Forum for International Affairs / Geneva Model United Nations Panel on Africa, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 March 2003 The Role of Sport in Promoting Peacebuilding in Africa, the First Conference on Sport and Development, Magglingen, Switzerland, 16-18 February 2003 Young Tourists as Agents for Peace, Global Summit on Peace Through Tourism, International Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-8 February 2003. Also presented at the Dialogue ‘Towards a World without Violence’ at the Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona, Spain, 24 June 2004 ‘Reconciling Africa with its Diaspora’ Seminar of Association des Jeunes d’origine Africaine de Suisse (AJOA), at the Geneva University Institute for Development Studies, 13 August 2002, Geneva, Switzerland ‘Training Civil Society for Conflict Prevention in Africa’ at Panel of Experts Consultative Meeting of the UN University for Peace, International Workshop on ‘Training Civil Society

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for Conflict Prevention’, Central European University Conference Centre, 15th to 16 July 2002, Budapest, Hungary ‘Ubuntu Approaches to Conflict Resolution’ Panel on ‘Ubuntu - The Spirit of Humanity: Traditional and Cultural Values in Conflict Resolution’, 17th April 2002, United Nations Offices in Geneva, organized by the Brahama Kumaris World Spiritual University ‘Global Hegemony, Local Resources: Towards the Cultural Decolonization of Africa’, Forum on Africa and International Relations (FAIR) Panel, in the Annual British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference, 17-19 December 2001, Edinburgh, Scotland ‘Failed States or Necessary Fictions: Towards the Cultural Reconstitution of Political Community in Eastern Africa’, Conference on ‘The Global Constitution of “Failed States”: The Consequences of a New Imperialism?’ Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, from 18-20 April 2001, Brighton, United Kingdom. ‘Justice as Reparation: The Role of Indigenous Institutions in building Social Trust and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda’, Conference on ‘Into the 21st Century’ International Third World Legal Studies Association, New York, and the Community Peace Programme, School of Government, University of Western Cape, 4-6 January 2001, Cape Town, South Africa. ‘Practical Peacemaking Wisdom from Africa: Reflections on ‘Ubuntu’ and Mato Oput’, Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, Forum on Africa and International Relations, 18th to 20th December 2000, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom ‘The Democratic Function of Indigenous Approaches to Governance in Africa’, 2000 Academic Council of the United Nations and American Society of International Law Summer Workshop on Innovations in Global Governance for the New Millennium, co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization, 30 July to 11 August 2000, University of Warwick, United Kingdom ‘The Peacemaking Role of Indigenous Structures of Leadership in Somalia’ 4th Annual Symposium of the Forum on Africa and International Relations (FAIR) entitled ‘New Directions in African Leadership’, on 10th June 2000, at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom ‘Moral Exclusion and the Phenomenon of Genocide’, International Relations Research Seminar, Department of International Relations, 3 November 1998, Keele University, United Kingdom ‘Overlapping Sovereignty in Northern Ireland: Assessing the Emergence of Post-National Governance’, workshop on ‘Loyalty and the Post-National State’, hosted by the Keele European Research Centre, 8 August 1998, Keele University, United Kingdom ‘Electoral Systems and the Management of Ethnic Conflict in Africa’, Annual Conference of the Political Science Association, 7 - 9 April 1998, Keele University, United Kingdom

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‘Ethnic Conflict, State Collapse and the Promise of Communicative Ethics’ , International Relations Research Seminar, Department of International Relations, 3 December 1997, Keele University, United Kingdom ‘From Conflict Resolution to Sustainable Democracy: State Collapse and Post-conflict Peacebuilding in Africa’, United Nations Association / Nottingham Trent University Conference on ‘Agenda for Development in Africa’, 11 November 1997, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom ‘The Internationalization of Ethnic Conflict and the Challenges for Conflict Resolution’, Regional Security in a Global Context Conference, Department of War Studies, King’s College, London on 16-18 April 1996, London, United Kingdom ‘Ethics of Dispute Settlement: Reflections on the League of Nations and the Applicability of the Contingency Model to Ethnic Conflict Resolution’, Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, 16-18 December 1996, Durham University, United Kingdom Conference Moderating and Organization: Moderator, Panel on ‘The Role of Civil Society in Preventing Armed Conflict in Africa’ at the Conference on ‘Towards a World Without Violence’ at the Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona, Spain, 23 June 2004. (Paper also presented on the Peace through Tourism Panel on 24 June 2004). Moderator, Panel on ‘Conditions for Promoting Stability through Aid and Development’, at the International Aid and Trade Africa Conference on Building Integrated Solutions for African Aid & Development, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi, Kenya, 23-24 July 2003 Moderator, Panel on ‘Ubuntu - A Basis for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights’, held at the Palais des Nations, United Nations Offices in Geneva, convened by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, 6 August 2002 Coordinator, Inaugural Meting of the Network for the Promotion of African Principles of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (REPARCOR), in London, 15 - 16 June 2000 Conference Co-ordinator, All-Africa Conference on African Principles of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, held between 8-12 November 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Co-organizer the Inaugural Conference of the BISA Forum on Africa and International Relations (FAIR), at Nottingham Trent University, 11 October 1997 Book Reviews Reviewed for the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Vol.2, 2005: Tomé Joaquim Lourenco Picasso, From the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU): Trajectory, Lessons and Challenges, Maputo: Mozambique Ministry of

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Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Central Impressora e Editora de Maputo, 2003 Staff Development 21 October 2002 Member of the UNITAR Joint Staffing Committee December 2004 24 - 26 October 2000 Attended Programme and Project Cycle Management Course,

Department for International Development (DFID), London, United Kingdom

October - October Obtained ‘Teaching Certificate in Higher Education’ 1995 1997 from the Department of Education, Keele University, UK Membership of Professional Associations: Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) African Association of Political Science (AAPS) British International Studies Association (BISA) South African Association of Political Science (SAAPS) End

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