Dismantling Terrorist Networks and Countering Violent Extremism in sub-Saharan Africa
Adotei Akwei is managing director of government relations for Amnesty International USA where he has focused on human rights and U.S. foreign policy toward Africa since 1988, with occasional forays at other NGOs. When not at Amnesty, he worked at CARE USA, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, the American Committee on Africa, and The Africa Fund.
At CARE, he served as the senior policy advisor for CARE USA. In this capacity, Akwei helped develop and implement advocacy on CARE USA's priority issues. He also served as the regional advocacy advisor (RAA) for CARE's Asia Regional Management Unit. As an RAA, Akwei supported CARE country offices in Asia in the development and implementation of national level advocacy strategies as well as regional advocacy priorities. He also served as the Africa director for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, now Human Rights First, and prior to that as the research and human rights director for the American Committee on Africa and the Africa Fund.
Akwei received his Master's degree in International Relations from the College of William and Mary and his Bachelor's degree from the State University of New York College at Purchase.
Mr. Akwei’s Athenaeum talk is co-sponsored by the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights.
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