Dr. Bekalo is a  Research and Development Education Fellow, educated at higher degree levels (MEd, PhD) in the UK. He has first-hand experience of living and working with the people from the East/Horn of Africa (i.e., Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan)  where he has held several posts and responsibilities for over 25 years at UK-Leeds/London/Oxford and Africa Universities as well as in various development organisations. As an East/Horn of Africa country expert, Dr. Bekalo has provided numerous independent reports for legal and humanitarian institutions in Europe/North America and Africa. In terms of publications, his work has resulted in numerous international journal publications and reports. This includes contributions to GI-TOC.

Publications:

• Bekalo S A. LSE [London University School of Economics and Political Science] 03/07/2023. Ordinary people are paying the price for the power vacuum in Sudan: what went terribly wrong in Khartoum-Sudan, who and what next? Bekalo S A, LSE Africa 15 November 2022. More questions than answers for Ethiopia’s peace agreement. LSE Africa Blog Current Issues Publication.
• Bekalo S A, 14 January 2022. The potential impacts of the stability/instability of the Tigray region and the whole of Ethiopia on the wider East and horn of Africa. Global Responsibility to Protect 14 (2022) BRILL NIJHOFF Publication.
• Bekalo S A, 1 February 2021. A Post-TPLF Tigray and the Tigrayan Diaspora. Ethiopia Insight Publication, February 2021.
• Bekalo S A, LSE Africa 21 February 2021. Ethiopia must learn quick lessons from the Tigray to avoid further regional crisis. LSE Publication.
• Bekalo S A, 13 May 2021. Refugees smuggling and trafficking: the case of East and Horn of Africa. Leeds University, LUCAS Bulleting No. 82, Running Issue 2021.
• Bekalo S A (19 February 2015). A Prospective Reflection: Is Arab-Style ‘Revolution’ No Longer Looming in the Nile Basin African Countries? Ethio Media Review Publication.
• Bekalo S A [Part II (of II) ,19 April 2015]. Ethiopia: After EPRDF, who is ready to take over power? Ethiopia Nazareth. Com Publication;
• Bekalo S A [Part I (of II) 24 March 2015]. Ethiopia: After EPRDF, who is ready to take overpower? Ethiopia Nazareth. Com Publication. Bekalo S A (Issue No. 48, December 2014). African Refugees and the Responses of Churches to Displacement in the UK. Forced Migration Review [FMR], Oxford University Press.
• Bekalo S A (Issue No. 41, December 2012). East African Refugees Adapting to Life in the UK. Forced Migration Review, Oxford University Press, December 2012).
• Bekalo, S.A. (2007). Exploring the Socio-Cultural and Economic Transformation of the Habesha Communities in Diaspora: traditional vs. new cultural heritage. Part I & II. LEC – UK, October 2007.
• Bekalo, S.A. (2004). Book Review. Africa in the New Millennium: challenges and prospects. African studies Bulletin. No. 66 (2004). Leeds University Centre for African studies (LUCAS) Publications.
• Bekalo, S.A. (2003) Society and Culture: Field Research Visit to Somalia and Sudan. The International School of Education Publication, Leeds University.
• Bekalo, S.A. (2003). The Development of Basic Education in Post-conflict Somalia. International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 23 (2003).
• Bekalo, S.A. and C Bangay (2002). Towards Effective Environmental Education in developing countries: problems and prospects in responding to the environment-poverty challenge. International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 12 (2002).