Paula Cristina Roque

Paula Cristina Roque is an author, researcher, and security sector analyst with extensive expertise in human rights, security, and surveillance in Africa. She currently serves as the Executive Director for Intelwatch, a South African organization that monitors and reports of undemocratic and unacceountable intelligence and security services. She has served as an advisor for the Crisis Management Initiative as well as a Senior Analyst for Southern Africa with the International Crisis Group. Previously, she worked with the South Sudan-Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies, the Institute for Security Studies, the South African Institute for International Affairs, and as a journalist in West Africa and the UK. Paula holds a Dphil in Development Studies from the University of Oxford, a Msc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Social Anthropology from the Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa. She is the author of two books, published by Hurst, “Governing in the Shadows: Angola’s Securitized State” (2021), and “Insurgent Nations: Rebel rule in Angola and South Sudan“ (2024).