Dr Seth Appiah-Mensah is a veteran peacekeeper and an expert on pan-African security partnerships. As a former military officer in the Ghana Armed Forces, he served with ECOWAS in Liberia, African Union in Sudan (Darfur) and the United Nations in Sierra Leone. He is a former Military Advisor for the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and worked with the United Nations for close to two decades as a civilian. He has a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Western Australia and has published several articles.