A deeper reflection on the status of women in the Southern African region.
Mapping women’s participation in a male-dominated arena.
Deepening democracy in Africa’s multi-election year to foster peace and stability on the continent.
Mainstreaming human rights in peace mission settings.
Centring youth in conflict prevention and advancing constitutional democracies.
The African Union must adapt and respond to the rapidly emerging new global order.
Significant decisions for promoting governance, peace, security and development on the continent.
The exit may result in a resurgence of terrorist assaults.
Key climate security challenges and opportunities.
The high number of elections makes it key to assess the Continent’s overall quality of governance and degree of democratic consolidation.
Planetary crises are challenges that we face collectively as one human family, and must be overcome with the richness of our full diversity.
Climate change is already compounding the level of competition for resources, resulting in conflicts in some parts of Nigeria such as in coastal communities.
Financing AU peace operations via the UN will have several unintended but foreseeable negative consequences that need to be taken into account.
The SAMIM mission is unique in its pragmatic approach to peace operations and counterterrorism.
SSG/R should be a key element of the political processes of states emerging from conflict and of the strengthening of rule of law institutions.
The ASF was successful as a political project, but, the evolution of peace operations over the past 20 years in Africa differed in important ways from the assumptions made in the original ASF concept.
On 3 December 2023, for the first time in the history of the annual climate change conference, COP28 will feature peace, relief, and recovery as a thematic day.
The importance of addressing the challenges posed by climate change has become increasingly important on the global agenda.