Biography
Hubert Kinkoh is the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellow. He is based at the Africa Programme, where his research focuses on the impact of competing external agendas and the African Union’s diminishing role in Sudan’s ongoing conflict. His work centres on the governance of peace and security in Africa, analysing how armed conflict, external actors, and shifting geopolitical dynamics shape the continent’s development and prospects for peace.
Hubert is also a Senior Researcher at CARPO, a German think tank, and a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Gulf Research Center. Previously, he worked as a Senior Programme Officer on Sudan at Conflict Dynamics International in Nairobi and at the Institute for Security Studies in Addis Ababa.
Hubert’s areas of expertise include the African Union’s peace and security architecture, Africa’s engagement with Gulf States and the broader international community, as well as the politics of knowledge production on peace and security in Africa.
Past experience
| 2024–present | Senior Researcher – Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO) |
| 2024–2025 | Senior Program Officer, Sudan – Conflict Dynamics International |
| 2022–2024 | Researcher, African Peace and Security Governance Programme – Institute for Security Studies |
| 2021–2024 | Political Risk Analyst – Economist Intelligence Unit |
| 2022–2023 | USIP China-Africa Early Career Scholar – United States Institute of Peace |
| 2018–2022 | Programme Coordinator and Research Associate – African Leadership Centre |
| 2018 | Research and Programme Assistant – African Leadership Centre |
| 2016–2018 | Program Coordinator – Footprints for Change |
| 2017–2018 | Conflict Analyst and Researcher, Horn of Africa Project – International Crisis Group |
