The event will be a joint ISS-United States International University-Africa roundtable.The two institutions recognizes the novelty of the environmental security pillar of human security and seeks to continually enhance the debate in the continent. This roundtable is timely considering the complex conflict systems of the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes and their effect on human security. Environmental security lies stark in the politics of the region and the roundtable seeks to unravel the environmental and resources contentions and debate towards conflict management and human security.

Please note that discussions occur under ISS Rules.  Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed without his/her express permission.