Ndubuisi Christian Ani is a specialist in African peace and security. He currently holds a 2020 Individual Research Fellowship from the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in New York. Ndubuisi works as a senior regional advisor with the GIZ support project at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Ghana. Prior to this, he held research roles at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Ethiopia and the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in South Africa. Ndubuisi holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.