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Fonteh Akum is the executive director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). He is the former head of the Lake Chad Basin programme in the Dakar office. He joined the ISS in 2017 as a senior researcher in the Peace and Security Research Programme in Pretoria, South Africa after which he moved to ISS Dakar as a senior researcher. Before joining the ISS he worked for the United States Department of Defense, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, and the Africa Program of the United Nations University for Peace. Fonteh’s research covers violence, governance and human security in the Lake Chad Basin. He has a PhD in politics and international studies from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. He visited Ethiopia last week and met with different stakeholders to discuss ISS’ partnership. While here is Addis Ababa Capital sat down with his to discuss the works of
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