Mr Nicasius Check Achu, a Research Specialist: Peace and Security programme of AISA, is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a BA from the University of Buea, Cameroon and an MA in History from the University of South Africa (UNISA). His areas of interest are environmental insecurity; trans-border natural resource management; transitional justice; security architecture of regional economic communities (RECs); and conflict management and resolution. He has been organizing the AYGS conference for the past couple of years.
