M. A. Mohamed Salih is Professor of Politics of Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden. He is the author of Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999), Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa (Springer, 1999), Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa (Springer, 2000), African Democracies and African Politics (Pluto, 2001), African Pastoralism (Pluto, 2001) and African Political Parties (Pluto, 2003).

Prof. Ton Dietz has been Director of the African Studies Centre Leiden since May 2010. and is also Professor of the Study of African Development at Leiden University.

Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed is Professor of Development Studies, Ahfad University and University of Khartoum.