Dr Muzong Kodi
Associate Fellow, Africa Programme
Expertise
- Anti-corruption and governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- Human rights in the DRC
- 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
- Congo Conflict: Time to Act, The World Today, January 2009
- 'Talk is Fine, but Congo Needs its Peace to be Imposed', The Independent on Sunday, 2 November 2008.
- 'La Communauté Internationale Face aux Pratiques de la Corruption en RDC', paper read at the International Conference on 'International Financial Institutions and the Practises of Corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo', Kinshasa, July 2008. To be included in a forthcoming book edited by Professor Mabi Mulumba, published by CEPAS, Kinshasa.
- 'Corruption and Governance in the RDC during the Transition Period (2003-2006)', Institute for Security Studies (South Africa), Monograph series no. 148, September 2008 (available in English and French).
- 'Towards Sustainable Management and Financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Forests', with others, Chatham House Research Report, June 2008.
- 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 an 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 Associé, 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)
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