Alex Vines Awarded OBE

16 June 2008

Alex Vines, Head of the Africa Programme, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of the work he has done in founding and developing the Africa Programme at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs).

Dr Robin Niblett, Director of Chatham House, said,

'I am delighted that Alex's work has been recognised in this way. Alex has personally led the expansion of research on Africa at Chatham House. He brings a high level of personal expertise and a reputation for impartial investigation which have made the Africa Programme at Chatham House one of the principal sources of new analytical insights and one of the key destinations for African political figures and other stakeholders seeking to influence the broader policy agenda on Africa'.

Since being established in 2002, the Africa Programme has steadily grown to take a leading global role in supporting more informed public awareness and policy decision making with regards to African states and their international relations. Its contribution takes the form of briefings, reports, awareness raising and work undertaken to support those who inform international relations. In recent years Chatham House in London has become a principal venue for keynote speeches by Africa government and opposition figures, including those of Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda.

Key areas of Alex Vines' work include analyses of the effectiveness of UN sanctions in Africa, political risk in Africa, and the proliferation of light weapons and landmines in Africa. Alex has recently also been a Chair of the UN Panel of Experts on Côte d'Ivoire and a Member of the UN Panel of Experts on Liberia.

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