The Conflict Research Network West Africa (CORN West Africa) has appointed Dr. Timipere Felix Allison as the new Director, effective 1 September 2024.
Director of public communications of the organization, Professor Oludayo Tade stated that Dr Allison takes over the leadership of the frontline peace and conflict research network in West Africa from Dr Tarila Marclint Ebiede who has led the network meritoriously for four years.
The statement was made available to Afriposot on Tuesday.
The statement said, “Before his appointment, Dr. Allison served as the Head of Programmes at CORN West Africa. Prior to joining CORN West Africa, he was the Head of Programmes at the Centre for Democracy and Development West Africa (CDD West Africa) and a Senior Programme Manager at the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN). Dr. Allison holds a PhD in International Development from Nagoya University, Japan, and a Master of Science (MSc) in Political Science, specializing in Political Theory and Methods, from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
“The outgoing Director, Dr. Tarila Marclint Ebiede, for his exceptional leadership and significant contributions to the development of CORN West Africa over the past four years”.
Tade while speaking further, added that Allison will build on this strong foundation by focusing on strengthening “our institutional governance, expanding and fortifying our membership base, operationalizing CORN’s research agenda, pursuing new strategic partnerships, and launching the CORN Research Academy”.