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Annette Weber

Senior Associate Middle East and Africa Division German Institute for International and Security Affairs.

Annette Weber is a senior associate with the German Institute for International and Security Studies (SWP) in Berlin. Her regional expertise is on the Horn of Africa; she works mainly on conflict analysis, fragile states, non-state actors and state building. Her current focus is mainly on the situation in Sudan; the Darfur conflict as well as the fragile peace between the north and southern Sudan. Her other current focus is Somalia and the problem of maritime security.

She writes extensively and advises the Bundestag and the German administration on these issues. Previously she worked as a coordinator for the Ecumenical Network on Central Africa, mainly on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Annette Weber was also a researcher with Amnesty International in London for Sudan and worked as a consultant for Human rights Watch and Amnesty International on Sudan and Uganda.

She wrote her PhD dissertation on questions of gender and citizenship in southern Sudan and Eritrea.

Spoken languages

English, German

Written languages

English, German

Expert publications

• 22/02/2010 - Bridging the gap between narrative and practices: the role of the arab league in Darfur