New African Diaspora Appointments and Initiatives - 24/08 Edition

TikTok heads creation of new Sub-Saharan African Safety Advisory Council. Appointed members include:

• Prof Guy Berger, Rhodes University (South Africa)

• Dennis Coffie, Content creator (Ghana)

• Peter Cunliffe-Jones, University of Westminster Visiting Research Fellow (UK)

• Aisha Dabo, Co-Founder and coordinator of AfricTivistes (Senegal)

• Lillian Kariuki, Founder and Executive Director of Watoto Watch Network (Kenya)

• Dr Akinola Olojo, Expert on preventing and countering violent extremism (Nigeria)

• Prof Medhane Tadesse, Policy academic on peace and security issues (Ethiopia)

• Berhan Taye, Independent Researcher (Ethiopia)