Adonia Ayebare

Director, Africa Program |

Before joining IPI, Ambassador Adonia Ayebare served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations from 2005-2009. Earlier in his career, Ambassador Ayebare covered major events in the East African region for several East African magazines and for IRIN, the regional information network for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. He continued his analysis of East African peace and security issues as a consultant and researcher for the International Crisis Group.

After joining the Ugandan Foreign Ministry in 1999, Ambassador Ayebare served as Head of Mission with the rank of ambassador in Rwanda and Burundi from 2002-2005 and subsequently became principal adviser and special envoy for President Yoweri Museveni on the Burundi peace process. As Uganda held the chairmanship of the Burundi peace initiative, he worked closely with South African and Tanzanian mediators, as well as with Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and his predecessors.