Executive director at the Dag Hammarskjöld Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Professor Martin R Rupiya has died.
The cause for his death is yet to be revealed.
Col Rupiya is a former officer in the Zimbabwean National Army and has operational experience in Mozambique.
He was a Director of the Centre for Defence Studies at the University of Zimbabwe, where he previously completed his PhD on military and security issues in southern Rhodesia during the Federation period.
He has written on regional security matters and is author of the Deadly Legacy: Landmines in Zimbabwe (SAPES).
