Peter Joseph Singhatey : IPS Spotlight Photos

Elephants in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are in danger of being culled. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS

Minati Sen is happy with her floating farm. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS

Bijoy Kumar Sen rows out to his floating farm with his family. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS

Police detained several Kashmiri juveniles for stone-pelting in the 2010 unrest. Credit: Sana Altaf/IPS

The fallen water tower in Kilinochchi is a sign of 25 years of conflict. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS.

Vilma MatÃas weaving at the Lucanamarca workshop. Credit: Milagro Salazar/IPS

Mountain vegetation on Pico de Orizaba, Mexico. Credit: Mauricio Ramos/IPS

Farmers fear that their produce will not be able to compete with those by EU subsidised farmers. Credit Wambi Michael/IPS

Turkana Women in Kenya. Less than half of all Kenyan women give birth in a medical facility. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS

With their rights now on the backburner, Palestinians in Gaza look to tunnels as their only effective outlet to the world. Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS.

Taliban who surrendered with their weapons to the Pakistan army in August. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS

Children from families displaced by the drought line up to receive food at a feeding centre in Mogadishu. Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh/IPS

All that Alybe Nally has left to walk in. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS.

A vegetable vendor in Bangalore using a solar lamp to light her stall. Credit: SELCO/IPS

A rural school in Nicaragua. Credit: Oscar Navarrete /IPS

Los pueblos plantadores de papas del Cusco notan los cambios de temperatura en las zonas altas. Crédito: Milagros Salazar/IPS

Stanzin Dolma of Choglamsar-Leh breaks down while showing the ruins of her home, wrecked by the August floods and landslides. / Credit:Athar Parvaiz/IPS

African oil palm plantations in the state of Pará. Credit:Mario Osava/IPS

Like these newly born twins, more children are born daily into families who can barely afford to raise a child. / Credit:Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS

Nerlande Nazaire says she has a child with a U.N. peacekeeper, who sends money regularly. Credit: Ansel Herz/IPS

A Tibetan woman in Zhong Lu village, in China's western Sichuan province. Credit: Mitch Moxley/IPS

Fishermen's boats on the Mekong River in northern Laos. Credit: Irwin Loy/IPS.

Farmer Paradza and employee / Credit: Stanley Kwenda/IPS

Residents of Camp Imakile and others protest outside the prime minister's office in October 2010. Credit: Ansel Herz/IPS

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Brief Profile:

Started my career with the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) where I served seventeen years in various capacities. I am a graduate from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK, School of Infantry and Tactics in both the USA and Pakistan and attended Staff College in Nigeria. I have a diploma in African Strategic Studies from Nasser Higher Military Academy in Cairo, Egypt and hold a MA in International Security and Conflict Studies from Dublin City University. I have also recently completed a Professional Diploma in Financial Advice to provide further insight into the world of banking and finance with a view to exploring how sustainable microfinance initiatives can help break the poverty cycle, enhance microeconomic stability and be an integral part of a broader conflict prevention strategy in the Developing World especially Africa.

While serving with the GAF I had the opportunity to work with the AU Mission in Sudan, the UN Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone and the ECOWAS Peacekeeping Force in Guinea Bissau. The experience enlightened me to the intricacies of the wars which has proved invaluable to my understanding of causes of conflict and exposed me to ways that help prevent, resolve and transform conflict effectively.

Frequent trips to Africa keeps me in touch with the painful reality on the Continent which motivates me to remain focused on dedicated research for innovative ideas. I remain deeply concerned for the displaced and vulnerable and continue to bring my experience, working in conflict affected areas of Africa, to bear and contribute where appropriate to create lasting and positive change in the lives of the vulnerable.

Peter Joseph Singhatey

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

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