SPAN will be hosting Youssef Mahmoud, former UN Under-Secretary- General and Senior Advisor at the International Peace Institue.  He will disuss ways to sustain peace across different countries in Africa, while touching on both the challenges and the opportunities.  Youssef Mahmoud has spent decades working with the UN as a former UN Under Secretary General, heading peace operations in Burundi, the Central African Republic and Chad. In addition, he led the independent strategic review of the UN peace operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and simultaneously served as a member of the UNSG High Level Panel on Peace Operations and the Global Study on Women, Peace and Security. Dr. Mahmoud will be joining us to discuss the future of peacekeeping in Africa and what will need to be done to ensure stability moving forward.
