Sarah Ancas is a Master’s candidate at the University of Cape Town in the Justice and Transformation programme, with a focus in Conflict Resolution. She completed a Bachelor’s of Science in Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She has recently submitted her master’s dissertation which analyses the institutional relationship between African regional organisations in mediation efforts led by the SADC, ECOWAS, IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) and the AU.