Peter Eichstaedt is the Africa Editor for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and is based in The Hague, Netherlands. He has worked as a journalist and news media advisor in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Afghanistan and most recently Uganda, DR Congo and Sudan.

His most recent book, First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army, is based on his personal experiences and research during 2005 and 2006 when he lived and worked in Uganda. He has been a journalist, editor and author for more than 30 years and was a recipient of a Fulbright grant in journalism in 1998-1999 in Slovenia and Moldova.

Books will be available for purchase.