Darlington Tshuma
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Darlington Tshuma
Darlington Tshuma, Ph.D is a policy analyst, researcher and development practitioner with extensive experience working with non-profit organisations, the United Nations, Universities, think tanks and policy institutes in Africa, Europe, and the US. He is highly skilled in project management and implementation, fundraising and partnerships, research, project monitoring and evaluation. He is a recipient of prestigious fellowships and research grants and has worked extensively in fragile and post-conflict regions, mainly in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa regions. He has published widely and presented academic and policy papers on topics linked to governance, human rights, democracy, politics, and development at different fora globally. Some of his work has been featured in several prominent media outlets, including South Africa's Mail and Guardian and Daily Maverick, Italy's Affari Internazionali, as well as the Huffington Post and The Conversation Africa.
Publications
Darlington Tshuma
Journal of Alternatives for a Democratic Zimbabwe, vol. 28(1), MISA Zimbabwe, pp. 35-36
Accelerating and Sustaining the Peace Process in the Horn of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Darlington Tshuma
‘Political dynamics in the Horn of Africa: Nurturing emerging peace trends, Mesfin Gebremichael, 8th, Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 10-15
“Energising Africa”: Italy vis-a-vis Ethiopia’s Renewable Energy Development
Darlington Tshuma
vol. 34(34), Istituto Affari Internazionale, 2024, pp. 1-5
Darlington Tshuma
Policy Brief Series, Cynthia Happi, Jesutimilehin O. Akamo, Special Issue, vol. 1(1), Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), 2024 , pp. 17-23
The Quest for Peace and the Limits of Arbitration in Abyei
Darlington Tshuma, Gilbert Tinashe Zvaita
Africa's Global Engagement: Perspectives from Emerging Countries, Stanley Osezua Ehiane, Lukong Stella Shulika, Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu, Engagement of Africa in Conflict Dynamics and Peace Architectures, Palgrave Macmillan Singapore, 2024 26, pp. 331-350
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Projects
A Compendium on the State of Peace, Reconciliation and Healing in Southern Africa (in English, French and Portuguese)
Transitional justice, peacebuilding and reconciliation in the Horn of Africa
Transitional Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding: Assessing the Nexus
Political dynamics in the Horn of Africa: Nurturing emerging peace trends
Accelerating and sustaining the peace process: Challenges and opportunities
Special Project on African Elections
An international socio-anthropological research initiative on society, politics and electoral processes in South Africa.
What if Africa stops receiving foreign aid?
Brief published as part of EUISS's Imagine Africa Series
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Courses
International Humanitarian Law
The two week course was offered by International Committee of the Red Cross/University of Pretoria Law Faculty.
This 1 year course was offered by the African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Business and Entrepreneurial Development
Training as offered by the School of Business Leadership at the University of South Africa
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
Trained up to Level III in aspects of conflict resolution, conflict management and transformation, negotiation and mediation
Posts
1st Place Tana Essay Winner - 2020
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Fighting the temptation to turn to violence in Zimbabwe
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Silencing Guns during the Global Health Pandemic
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