Kjetil Tronvoll is a peace and conflict studies researcher, specialising in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Zanzibar.
10 Facts About Kjetil Tronvoll
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Kjetil Tronvoll carried out anthropological studies in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Zanzibar, and has been involved in human rights, peace processes and research in Eritrea, Ethiopia and other African countries.
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Kjetil Tronvoll was the first non-Eritrean researcher to enter Eritrea in August 1991 after the Eritrean War of Independence in which the Eritrean People's Liberation Front and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front overthrew the Derg.
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Kjetil Tronvoll stayed in a highland village studying the relation between the villagers and the EPLF.
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Kjetil Tronvoll was an observer in the 1993 Eritrean independence referendum.
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Kjetil Tronvoll summarised the situation stated that in 2009, Eritrea had "developed into one of the world's most totalitarian and human rights-abusing regimes".
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Kjetil Tronvoll was a professor of human rights at the University of Oslo until 2010.
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Kjetil Tronvoll was director of a consultancy firm Oslo Analytica.
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Kjetil Tronvoll initially contacted Norwegian police to ask for a risk assessment, but was told that it was beyond the police's mandate.
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Kjetil Tronvoll requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intervene.