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A Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> graduate from Ghana who co-founded an influential peacebuilding network in West Africa will continue his leadership in the region through a new position with the United Nations. In October, Emmanuel Bombande<\/a>, who earned a master’s in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University in 2002, was appointed as a special assistant\/adviser to the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative to West Africa.<\/p>\n

Based in Dakar, Senegal, the UN Office for West Africa<\/a> (UNOWA) was founded in 2001 to promote peace, security, good governance and humanitarian projects in West Africa.<\/p>\n

Bombande\u2019s recent appointment caps what has been a year of major transitions. In January 2015, he stepped away from the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding<\/a> (WANEP) to allow a new generation of peacebuilders to take leadership of the organization. Bombande had worked with the organization since co-founding it in 1998. He was its executive director from 2004 until 2015, during which time WANEP and UNOWA were partners on various projects in the region.<\/p>\n

Bombande was unavailable for comment. However, in a released issued by WANEP,\u00a0 Executive Director Chukwuemeka Eze issued congratulations for Bombande’s “well-deserved appointment that further adds to the credibility of the WANEP family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emmanuel Bombande was featured on the cover of the 2015 spring\/summer issue of Peacebuilder magazine. (Photo by Jon Styer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bombande is one of three graduates of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding recently named to prestigious appointments in Africa this fall.<\/p>\n

Zihindula V. Mulegwa<\/a>, who earned a master’s degree in 2005, has been appointed Interim Deputy Special Advisor for National Security for Democratic Republic of Congo. He is president of the Center for Political and Strategic Studies. [An article is forthcoming.]<\/p>\n

Gwendolyn Myers, who earned a graduate certificate in 2014 with the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program<\/a>, has been named to a team that leads regional advocacy<\/a> for the United Network of Young Peacebuilders.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: To learn more about Emmanuel Bombande, visit the 2015 issue of Peacebuilder magazine, in which two articles were published, one focusing on Bombande’s life<\/a>\u00a0 (titled ‘I remember soldiers holding guns, forcing us to sing,’) and a second article on Bombande’s role<\/a> in establishing WANEP and the West Africa Peacebuilding Institute.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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