Adonia Ayebare

Director, Africa Program |

Ambassador Adonia Ayebare is Director of the Africa Program at IPI. Before joining IPI, Ambassador Ayebare was Deputy Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations from 2005-2009. Earlier in his career, he was a journalist and 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.

He has three Masters degrees: one in Diplomacy and Organizational Management from Sofia University, Bulgaria; one in International Affairs from Ignatiuos University, Indiana, USA; and one in Political Science from Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, USA.  He is also a Phd candidate in Diplomacy at Sofia University, Bulgaria.