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The World Today - October issueThe World Today - October issue
Monday 6 October 2008
The current financial crisis should come as no surprise, writes Dr Paola Subacchi in this month's The World Today....

Somali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International CommunitySomali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International Community
Thursday 2 October 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008 and threatens to disrupt international trade and...

Six Perspectives on the Georgia ConflictSix Perspectives on the Georgia Conflict
Tuesday 30 September 2008
Six new briefing notes from the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House offer analysis and insight on the...

Making Sense of the EU Climate Change Package
October, 2008
The EU is currently at a hectic stage in the development of its internal climate change policies. Having proposed...

Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Local Wars
October, 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008; so far over 60 ships have been...

Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable Forest Use in the Democratic Republic of Congo
October, 2008
Download Paper here (French version) This is a report of a meeting, Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable...

After the Battle: What the August War will mean for Russia's Domestic Politics
September, 2008
The true driver of Russia's foreign agenda is the domestic situation. The Russian ruling class has returned to a...

 

 

Dr Muzong Kodi

Dr Muzong Kodi

Associate Fellow, Africa Programme

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Expertise

  • Anti-corruption and governance in Africa
  • Human rights in Africa
  • Development of civil society organisations

Projects

  • Studies of the integrity systems of selected African countries
  • Anti-corruption, governance and human rights in post-conflict reconstruction
  • Measuring success in the anti-corruption commissions of selected African countries
  • Assessing the performance of governance civil society organisations in Africa.

Recent Publications

Anti-Corruption Challenges in Post-Election Democratic Republic of Congo, an Africa Programme Report, Chatham House, January 2007.

"The Democratic Republic of Congo: Dream of a New Dawn", in The World Today, vol. 62, no. 3, March 2006.

"Defining Governance", in Barry James (ed.), Media and Good Governance, Paris: UNESCO, 2005.

"The State of Corruption in Africa", published by the African Union Commission in the proceedings of the First Pan-African Meeting of National Anti-Corruption Bodies held in Lusaka, Zambia, from 9 to 11 November 2005.

"Civil Society and Corruption in Africa", published by the African Union Commission in the proceedings of the First Pan-African Meeting of National Anti-Corruption Bodies held in Lusaka, Zambia, from 9 to 11 November 2005.

"Media and Good Governance", in the proceedings of the international conference organised by UNESCO as part of the Media Freedom Day 2005, in Dakar, Senegal, from 1 to 3 May 2005.

Editorials of the Development Bulletin published by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International, from 1998 to 2002.

"The 1921 Pan-African Congress at Brussels: a Background to Belgian Pressures", in Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora, Joseph E. Harris (ed), Washington, D.C., USA: Howard University Press, 1993.


Experience

2002-2005 Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East, International Secretariat, Transparency International, Berlin, Germany
1997-2002 Director, International Development Unit, International Secretariat, Amnesty International, London, UK
1995-1997 Development Coordinator in charge of Multiculturalism, International Secretariat, Amnesty International, London, UK
1994-1995 Head of Language Programs Unit , International Secretariat, Amnesty International, London, UK
1983-1993 Head of the Publications and Conferences Division, African Centre for Monetary Studies, Dakar, Senegal
1979-1983 Lecturer, History Department, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
1976-1979 Professeur AssociƩ, National University of Zaire, Lubumbashi Campus, Lubumbashi, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).

Broadcast Experience

Extensive

Languages

French, English, Lingala, Kikongo and Kihungan (all broadcast)