Name François Grignon  
Surname Grignon
First Names François
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2007   International Crisis Group - African Programme Director of Africa Program
2004 2006 Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies au Congo (RD) Chief, Joint Mission Analysis Cell, Office of the SRSG
2004 2004 DFID Democratic Republic of Congo Consultant on "The Critical Path for a Successful Transition in the DR Congo
2000 2004 International Crisis Group - Central & Horn of Africa Field Office Director
1997 2000 French Institute For Research in Africa Deputy Director and Research Fellow
1996 1997 St Antony's College Senior Associate Member
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Notes PhD on Kenyan politics, Montesquieu University, Bordeaux
Publications and media:
"The Problem with Peacekeeping", with Daniela Kroslak, Current History, April 2008
"Preparing for a Rigged Result", The East African, 31 March 2008
"Quelles perspectives après la présidentielle?", allAfrica.com, 29 March 2008
"Difficile transition vers la démocratie et la paix au Congo", Le Monde, 21 July 2007
"Nigeria: Urgent Action Needed to Rescue Election", allAfrica.com, 17 April 2007
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Economic Dimensions of War and Peace, IPA Occasional paper series, Lynne Rienner (Boulder, 2006), with Michael Nest and Emizet F. Kisangani, winner of Choice Magazine 2006 Outstanding Academic Title Award
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Economic Dimensions of War and Peace (Boulder, 2006), with Michael Nest and Emizet F. Kisangani
"International response to the illegal exploitation of resources in DRC", in M Malan, J Gomes Porto (eds) Challenges of peace implementation: The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ISS (Pretoria, 2003)
Out for the Count! The 1997 General Elections and Prospects for Democracy in Kenya (Kampala, 2001), co-edited with Marcel Rutten and Alamin Mazrui
L’Afrique orientale – Annuaire 2000 (Paris, 2000), co-edited with Hervé Maupeu
Le Kenya Contemporain (Paris, 1998), co-edited with Gérard Prunier
Author and editor of more than 20 reports on Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo as Crisis Group Central Africa Project director, 2000-2004
Frequent interviews with African, U.S. and European media on Africa
Languages:
French (native)
English (fluent)
[ Retrieved on 16 MAY 2008 ]
Record last updated on 16 MAY 2008