William Tsuma (PhD) works at the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) as the Programme Manager in charge of Preventive Action and Human Security. He also coordinates GPPAC’s Southern Africa and West Africa Regions. He has previously worked on conflict management and peacebuilding in the Horn and East Africa with a focus on Sudan among other IGAD countries. Dr Tsuma holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Centre for Development Research (ZEF) in Bonn, Germany. His research investigated the socio-political processes in Ghana that have potential to trigger resource based conflicts within the extractive sector, while also mapping the role of multiple-stakeholders in the prevention of these conflicts.