East Africa
Research focuses on countering terrorism and violent extremism in the region; exploring conflict, security and peace operations, and methods of combatting illegal wildlife crime.
Our experts
Cathy Haenlein
Director of Organised Crime and Policing Studies
Organised Crime and Policing
Christopher Hockey
Senior Research Fellow
RUSI Nairobi
Michael Jones
Research Fellow
Terrorism and Conflict
Timothy Kimaiyo
Project Assistant
RUSI Nairobi
Dr Neil Melvin
Director, International Security
International Security
Maria Sofia Reiser
External Author | Former RUSI Research Analyst
Centre for Finance and Security
Simon Rynn
Senior Research Fellow, African Security
International Security
Mark Williams
Programme Manager | SHOC Network Member - Researcher
Organised Crime and Policing
Lauren Young
Former Research Fellow
Rose Chelangat
Violence Monitoring Consultant
Fellows
Dr Alexander Chance
Associate Fellow - specialising in transnational organised crime and corruption
Matt Freear
Associate Fellow
Professor Stig Jarle Hansen
Senior Associate Fellow - Expert in Islamism in the Horn of Africa and the Al-Shabaab group
Ahmed Hassen
Associate Fellow - Specialist in security of East Africa and the Horn
Ewan Lawson
Associate Fellow
Luniya Msuku
Associate Fellow
Dr Michael Nwankpa
Associate Fellow; Founding Director/Director of Research at the Centre for African Conflict and Development, London
Alexandria Reid
Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher
Dr Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
Associate Fellow; Senior Research Fellow at the Training for Peace Programme
Martine Zeuthen
Associate Fellow - Quality Assurance
