Outlining South Africa’s WPS Agenda through the Gertrude Shope Women’s Mediation Network.
Assessing the impact of the SAMIM to date.
Highlighting the importance of the upcoming Presidential elections in Chad.
Highlighting the need for a migration-sensitive approach to border militarisation.
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.