Fr. Barkindo is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yola in northeast Nigeria.  He studied at the Dar Comboni Institute for Arabic and Islamic studies in Zamalek, Egypt, where he obtained his B.A. in Arabic and Islamic studies. In 2009, he was accepted at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome, Italy where he graduated with a Licentiate Degree in Political Islam and Inter-Religious Dialogue in 2011.  Fr. Barkindo enrolled for his MSc in African Politics in 2012 at the SOAS University of London, where he also completed his PhD in 2016.  He currently serves as Executive Director of the Kukah Center in Abuja, Nigeria, where his work is focused on the violence and displacement in Nigeria and Africa over the last decades.

Fr. Dyikuk is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi in North Central Nigeria and is a Lecturer of Mass Communication at the University of Jos in Nigeria. He holds an M.A. in Pastoral/Communication Studies from Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt and the University of Calabar, Nigeria.  He holds additional degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome and the University of Jos. Fr. Dyikuk has contributed more than 50 articles in both local and international peer-reviewed journals, and authored three books. His research areas include political communication, media and society, and investigative reporting. He is the editor of Bauchi Caritas and Director of Communications for Bauchi Diocese. 

Fr. Kajo is a Chaldean Catholic Priest in the Diocese of Alqosh in Nineveh, Iraq, where he became an internationally recognized leader in protecting marginalized communities during the ISIS war (2014-2018) and the tenuous return and rebuilding efforts. He received his Doctorate in Canon Law, Magna Cum Laude, from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.