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Fiifi Edu-Afful

@edu_afful

Researcher with focus on Conflict, International Interventions, Peace Operations, Peacebuilding, Election Security and Gender.(He/His)

 Geneva, Switzerland
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Joined December 2015
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Merry Christmas 🎄 and a prosperous New Year ✨
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🇬🇭🇨🇦 At the Africa Agriculture, Trade & Investment Summit in Toronto, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, H.E. Prof. Dora Francisca Edu‑Buandoh, showcased Ghana as a stable, investor‑friendly gateway to Africa & home of the AfCFTA Secretariat.
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If communities are unwilling or unable to disarm, how do we keep the guns silent? Check out UNIDIR’s latest commentary by our Senior Researcher @edu_afful on tackling armed violence with people-centered strategies. 📖 unidir.org/CtrlViolence
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📢Our LATEST issue is now live ‼️ ➡️Special section on international peacekeeping 💡 7 Research articles 📊4 policy papers 📚 34 book reviews Read the issue here >> academic.oup.com/ia/issue/10…
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Replying to @EffectivePOps @UNISFA_1 @nupinytt @T4PAfrica
While @UNISFA_1 present mandate prioritises peacekeeping and, to some extent, peacebuilding, more attention should be given to challenges in peace consolidation, given UNISFA’s eventual drawdown and exit @nupinytt @T4PAfrica @DrATchie @edu_afful nupi.no/en/publications/cris…
A Forgotten People in an Unstable Region - The Effectiveness of the United Nations Interim Security...

A Forgotten People in an Unstable Region - The Effectiveness of the United Nations Interim Security...

Established in June 2011, UNISFA aims to foster peace, stability, and development in the disputed Abyei region. Focused on implementing the Abyei Protocol, the mission addresses border demarcation...

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Coming to make waves shortly🇬🇭🇺🇳🪖
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IR Online at AU@AU_SISonline5 Mar 2024
Join a discussion that will explore the evolution of peacekeeping methods and future challenges. How will geopolitical changes impact upcoming UN missions? With Dr. Fiifi Edu-Afful @edu_afful Register: bit.ly/sisolexec-speakerseri…
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Welcome to UNIDIR, Fiifi Edu-Afful! 👏 @edu_afful joins our Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme (CAAP), where he will coordinate the research pillar on Preventing Armed Conflict and Armed Violence. Learn more here: unidir.org/people/fiifi-edu-…
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Training For Peace@T4PAfrica6 Dec 2023
Effectiveness of African-led PSOs currently being discussed by Mr. Sivuyile Bam, @chufreedom of @Unn_Nigeria, @nanallz of @nupinyt & @edu_afful, w/@HaroldAgyeman of @ghanamissionun
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Watch out for our incoming book…lots of exciting chapters that dissect the current challenges and future pathways open to UN peace operations.
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#Peacekeeping in Nonpermissive Environments: Assessing Troop-Contributing Countries’ Perspectives on Capabilities and Mindsets ipinst.org/2023/03/assessing… via @ipinst
Peacekeeping in Nonpermissive Environments: Assessing Troop-Contributing Countries’ Perspectives on...

Peacekeeping in Nonpermissive Environments: Assessing Troop-Contributing Countries’ Perspectives on...

This issue brief assess the state of play of peacekeeping in nonpermissive environments and considers how capabilities and mindsets relate to accountability for and of peacekeepers.

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From DEB Foundation to you! We wish you the best of the coming year, 2023
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Compliment of the season to you all!
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On the G5 and the withdrawal of Barkhane: A stabilization framework that is multidimensional, people-centered & flexible may be able to address the political contexts of diff countries in the Sahel and even complement military responses in reconfiguring a more effective G5 Sahel.
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We are very pleased to have @edu_afful from @KaiptcGh onboard as a co-editor of this collection on the futures of UN peace operations - we have slightly extended the deadline to 9 March so no excuse not to get an abstract in! @1GeorginaHolmes @davidmanus
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Peacekeeping risks militarising troop contributing countries diis.dk/en/node/25345 @PeterAlAlbrecht @KaiptcGh @kotia_emmanuel @joana_oseitutu @CedricdeConing @FKAubyn @snailah @mghacademic @kofiemeritus
Peacekeeping risks militarising troop contributing countries

Peacekeeping risks militarising troop contributing countries

UN peacekeeping missions not only affect the countries that host the missions but also the countries that provide troops. Research from Ghana shows that this can pose a risk for troop contributing...

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The latest <em>coup </em>threatens the fight against terrorism, Jihadism and violent extremism in the Sahel, especially considering the fractured and weak political leadership in the region accord.org.za/analysis/impli… via @ACCORD_online @KaiptcGh @FKAubyn @kofiemeritus
Implications of Mali’s Latest Coup for Sahel and West Africa – ACCORD

Implications of Mali’s Latest Coup for Sahel and West Africa – ACCORD

On 24th May 2021, news broke of yet another coup d'état in Mali, the third in the last decade following the 2012 and 2020 military takeovers. The ‘palace’ coup sees Col Assimi Goïta, yet again,...

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The military regime must take a back seat, reinstate and allow the civilian political leadership to take charge and control the transitional trajectory leading to the return to democratic rule accord.org.za/analysis/impli… via @ACCORD_online @joana_oseitutu @KaiptcGh @CedricdeConing
Implications of Mali’s Latest Coup for Sahel and West Africa – ACCORD

Implications of Mali’s Latest Coup for Sahel and West Africa – ACCORD

On 24th May 2021, news broke of yet another coup d'état in Mali, the third in the last decade following the 2012 and 2020 military takeovers. The ‘palace’ coup sees Col Assimi Goïta, yet again,...

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Replying to @KaiptcGh
@KAIPTCGH @WPSI_KAIPTC @DanishMFA begins a 5-day sensitization workshop for community actors on Gender-Based Violence at Sunset Hotel in Kumasi, Ghana @joana_oseitutu @edu_afful @TheIsraelLaryea @GhPoliceService @tv3_ghana @peacefmonline #WherePeaceBegins #EndGBV
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Ongoing in Abuja @wpsi_kaiptc & @naptipnigeria with support from @Sida building capacity of local actors to prevent & respond to GBV in 🇳🇬. @UAndren @wfm917 @BPST_A @CcdgEcowas @QTawo @tounokewale @edu_afful
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