Xenophobia – a threat to the unity of African peoples
Traces of xenophobic sentiment and violence have long existed in Africa, which at times has resulted in the inflammation of inter-state relations as well as large-scale displacements.
The Importance of National Action Plans in Advancing Africa’s Youth, Peace and Security Agenda
The youth agenda is not a box-ticking strategy. It is a development, gender, human rights, peace and security issue that will require the implementation of intentional national strategies and structures in order to be effective.
Towards more Context-specific, Participatory, and Adaptive Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace
Are approaches to peacebuilding that understand conflict resolution as an emergent process that is context specific, participatory and adaptive, more effective at preventing and resolving conflict than approaches that are based on pre-determined ideological assumptions and standards?
The UN Security Council and the Future of MINUSMA
On Friday 16th June, Mali’s Foreign Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, told the UN Security Council, that its 13,000-strong stabilisation mission (MINUSMA) should leave without delay. MINUSMA has tried to stabilise Mali for a decade, but Diop’s demand comes after a long period of increasingly difficult relations between the country’s junta and the UN. The junta has […]
Will the South Sudan Model Apply to Darfur?
For a long period of time, indications have shown that Sudan was heading for another serious conflict. In the last three decades, prominent figures like the British-American historian Bernard Lewis have been advancing the idea of the restructuring of the Middle East.
Anchoring ECCAS Peace Architecture on Human Security: Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of APSA @20
The review of the twenty years of existence of the APSA of the AU and its contribution to peace in Central Africa is timely
Towards a Renewed AU-UN Partnership: Financing of African Union Led Peace Support Operations
It is time now – more than ever – for the UN Security Council to endorse one of the funding models outlined by Secretary-General Guterres for the predictable, sustainable, and flexible financing of AU-led operations and modalities for AU missions to access UN accessed contributions.
How Not to Do UN Peacekeeping
UN peacekeeping is now under new pressure because of a significant loss of trust between its three large stabilisation operations and their host countries
SADC deployment into Eastern DRC: Implications and Opportunities
It is important to underscore that peace and stability continue to be elusive in the eastern DRC and the region as the conflict goes back decades
Impact of Border Insecurity on AfCFTA Trade Facilitation
Borders and borderlands in Africa have become spaces where the nexus of security, development, crime, conflict and politics often interface and collide.