AUTHORS

Mohamed Sheikh Abdillahi is founder and Director of the Awdal Rehabilitation and Development Association (ARDA), based in Somalia.

Kofi Annan is Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Chris J. Bakwesegha is Head of the Conflict Management Division of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

Yusuf Bangura is Project Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).

Louis-Marie Nindorera is Executive Secretary of Iteka, the Burundian Human Rights League.

Stella M. Sabiiti is Executive Director of the Center for Conflict Resolution, based in Uganda.

M.A. Mohamed Salih is Senior Lecturer in Politics of Alternative Development at the Institute of Social Studies, based in the Netherlands.

Pamphile Sebahara, a Rwandan sociologist, is a trainee at the European Commission.