Stephen Mwachofi Singo
Deputy Director, Security Research & Information Centre (website)
phone: +254722237738
twitter: @mwachofisingo
email: smwachofi [at] gmail [dot] com
Deputy Director, Security Research & Information Centre (website)
phone: +254722237738
twitter: @mwachofisingo
email: smwachofi [at] gmail [dot] com
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Stephen Mwachofi Singo is Deputy Director at the Security Research & Information Centre (SRIC) in Kenya. His background combines both academic and practical policy experience on Peace and Security issues, having worked for over seven years as Director for the Peace and Security Programme at the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), a regional intergovernmental organization based in Bujumbura, Burundi.
Singo is a graduate of Moi University and the University of Nairobi. He is currently Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Nairobi where he teaches Security Studies and Comparative Politics. He is also currently a Doctoral student in Public Policy at the University of Nairobi.
Recent publications:
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Stephen Mwachofi Singo is Deputy Director at the Security Research & Information Centre (SRIC) in Kenya. His background combines both academic and practical policy experience on Peace and Security issues, having worked for over seven years as Director for the Peace and Security Programme at the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), a regional intergovernmental organization based in Bujumbura, Burundi.
Singo is a graduate of Moi University and the University of Nairobi. He is currently Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Nairobi where he teaches Security Studies and Comparative Politics. He is also currently a Doctoral student in Public Policy at the University of Nairobi.
Recent publications:
- "Arms Proliferation and Threats to Security: Why Kenya Should Join the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)," The Horn Bulletin, Volume II, Issue II, March-April 2019.
- "Countering or Inadvertently Abetting Terror? Assessing the Kenyan state’s response to Terrorism, 2011-2017," in The Changing Dynamics of Terrorism and Violent Extremism: An Analysis Vol 1, Horn Institute Press, 2018.
- "Assessing Resource Based Conflicts and Conflict Resolution Mechanisms Along the Pokot-Turkana Common Border," in Extractive Industries in Africa: Addressing Conflicts and Integrating Sustainable Development, Paulines Publications Africa, 2018.
- "Ambiguity of the Soil: Belonging, Grievance and Resource Avarice in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo," in The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: From Grievance to Violence, Palgrave, 2015.*
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