Egna Rachel Isaias Sidumo

Doctoral Researcher working on security governance, regional interventions, state authority and reconstruction in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Conflict.

Egna Sidumo is a Doctoral Researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute -CMI, on the Project Cabo Delgado - Conflict, Resilience and Reconstruction”, on the Democracy and Governance Research Group and PhD Candidate at University of Bergen. Her research focuses on security governance, regional intervention, state authority and reconstruction in Mozambique with broader interests in African Agency, Peacebuilding, Women Peace and Security  Agenda and regional security politics. 

Before joining CMI, she was lecturer and reseracher at Center for Strategic and International Studies at Joaquim Chissano University where she worked on foreign policy, international relations, peace and security. 

Her recent work examines de evolving conflict in northern Mozambique with particular attention to violent extremism, internal displacement, resilience, radicalisation and the politics of security governance in Cabo Delgado. Her publications also analyse Mozambique national and regional responses to the conflict including peacebuilding challenges, PCVE approaches, and political implications of Mozambique security partnership involving Rwanda and SADC.

Her work combines academic research, field-based analysis and policy engagement on conflict, governance and security in Mozambique and the wider Southern Africa. 

Egna Sidumo has a Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy -Mozambique, a Master’s in social and Political Studies in Latin America from the Alberto Hurtado University -Chile, with a postgraduate degree in Diplomatic Studies from the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy.