Welcome to the
The ASSN Steering Committee:
The current Steering Committee of the ASSN is composed of the following:
Elected Members:
Eboe Hutchful, African Security Dialogue and Research, (ASDR), Ghana (Chair)
Brigadier-General Paulino Macaringue, SADSEM, Mozambique (Vice-Chair)
Gavin Cawthra, Centre for Security and Defence Management, Wits University, Johannesburg (Southern Africa)
Kayode Fayemi, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Lagos (West Africa)
Edith Mwanje, Ministry of Defence, Kampala, Uganda (East Africa)
Tadesse Medhane, Centre for Policy Research and Dialogue (The Horn)
Co-opted Members:
Martin Rupiya, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa
Matt Houngnipko, Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), Washington DC
Koffi Messan, Gerddes-Togo
Uju Agomoh, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Association (PRAWA), Enugu, Nigeria
Dennis Dlomo, Ministry for Intelligence Services, Pretoria,
Jan Kamenju, Security Research and Information Centre (SRIC), Nairobi
Anicia Lala, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, Bradford, UK
Robin Luckham, Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex
Funmi Olonisakin, King’s College, London
General Njele, Armed Forces of Angola
Funding Support:
Current funding support for the ASSN comes from the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool (ACPP) of the UK Government. The ACPP supports projects in the following areas:
- Security Sector Governance in Africa (including training to strengthen security sector governance skills).
- Knowledge-building and networking.
- A SADSEM Security Sector Training Course.
- West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF).
- SSR in Liberia.