Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou (born in 1950), a native of Benin, is a long-life humanitarian and diplomat, currently serving as Special Adviser for Africa at the Kofi Annan Foundation specifically working on the Democracy and Electoral Integrity Initiative. Prior to this he served as the Regional Refugee Coordinator and Special Adviser to the High Commissioner for refugees for the South Sudan Situation at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He had held numerous positions with the United Nations peacekeeping missions, in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) and Mali (MINUSMA), as Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary General; and initially worked for UNHCR for over 25 years.