Gregory Pirio has a doctorate in African History. Dr. Pirio has been a global leader in the use of communications for constructive social change. Dr. Pirio has been the architect of numerous radio, TV and media training initiatives in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America with a focus on peacebuilding, conflict resolution and public health, including youth media projects in conflict and post conflict societies. He authored The African Jihad: Bin Laden’s Quest for the Horn of Africa and was editor of Rebuilding Shattered Nations and Lives: Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development in Africa (UNHCR), for which he wrote the introduction, “African Conflicts in Historical Perspective.”

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