Aly Verjee is a political analyst and RVI Senior Researcher, author of numerous RVI reports and research papers. He was formerly deputy and then acting chief of staff of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), senior political advisor to the chief mediator of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-led peace process for South Sudan, and chief political analyst for the European Union observation mission for the South Sudan independence referendum.