Darlington Tshuma
Darlington Tshuma, Ph.D., is Researcher at IAI’s "Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa" programme. In addition, he is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs (TM School) in South Africa. He is policy analyst, researcher and peace practitioner with extensive experience working with non-profit organisations, Universities, think tanks and policy institutes in Africa and Europe in varying capacities. His work centres around various aspects of governance in Africa including colonial encounters, human rights, democracy, gender, human security, African development, African nationalism, leadership, and contemporary African politics. He has published widely in leading and respected regional and international journals and periodicals. He is inaugural Africa Policy Fellow of the School of Transnational Governance (STG) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, and an affiliate of the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
From his publications:
- (with Gilbert Tinashe Zvaita) “The Quest for Peace and the Limits of Arbitration in Abyei”, in Stanley Osezua Ehiane, Lukong Stella Shulika and Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu (eds), Engagement of Africa in Conflict Dynamics and Peace Architectures [5], Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, April 2024
- “AfCTFA and Regional Integration: Implications for Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa”, in Horn of Africa Bulletin [6], October 2022, p. 7-10
- “What If Africa Stops Receiving Foreign Aid? [7] The Risk of Reversing Development Gains in a Covid-19 World”, in EUISS Briefs, No. 1 (January 2022)
- “IGAD’s Role in Regional Reconciliation”, in Horn of Africa Bulletin [8], Vol. 32, No. 1 (August/September 2020), p. 12-17
- (with Gilbert Tinashe Zvaita) “Political Fatalism and Youth Apathy in South Africa [9]: An Analysis of the 2019 General Election”, in Conflict Trends, Vol. 19, No. 3 (2019), p. 20-30
- “Healing the Wounds of the Past: Peacebuilding Prospects for Zimbabwe [10]”, in Conflict Trends, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2019), p. 14-21
- “Accelerating & Sustaining the Peace Process: Challenges & Opportunities”, in Tana Papers 2019: Political Dynamics in the Horn of Africa: Nurturing the Emerging Peace Trends [11], 2019, p. 10-15
- “Reconciliation, Integration and Healing Efforts in Zimbabwe [12]”, in Conflict Trends, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2018), p. 19-26
