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Joel Okundi Obengo
Joel Obengo is an administrator at Kenyatta University, an independent researcher, security commentator, a humanitarian volunteer with the Kenya Red Cross and a development reporter with the Global South Development Magazine.He is a prolific author and has contributed articles in academic peer reviewed journals, conferences and for newspaper publications. He is currently working on a book chapter to be published by Praeger Publishers in late 2016.Joel has research interest in Foreign Policy, International Politics, National Security, Counterterrorism and dynamics of civil war with specific focus in South Sudan, Somali and the Middle East.In 2014, Joel was honored by an invitation of the African Union to be an Observer in the 24th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union and in September 2014 as a guest speaker on Humanitarian Assistance in the meeting of young African leaders. Joel is an alumnus of Kenyatta University, United Nations Institute for Training and Research/Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces ,Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre, Leuphana University in Luneburg, University of Geneva ,Institute of Security Studies, United States Institute of Peace, Peace Operation Training Institute, World Bank Institute ,Humanitarian Academy at Harvard, CSCM World Congress on CBRNe among others and is a professional member of British Institute in East Africa and Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.
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