Youth peacebuilders shared experiences of political hesitation, bureaucratic delays and administrative processes that move slower than the urgency demanded by their contexts
Whether in community mediation, social entrepreneurship, civic education, or violence prevention, young people in the DRC are leading innovative experiences that deserve greater recognition and systematic support.
The idea of a Red Sea Arena, a term that refers broadly to the increasingly interconnected dynamics linking the Horn of Africa to its Gulf neighbours, has gained traction over the past decade, due to the complex and multifaceted situations and contesta …
International financial support for African-led peace operations is no longer a viable option. African countries and institutions will have to increasingly finance their own operations. They have done so in the past, but now the exception will have to become the norm.
AI and other forms of computational support is already being used in war to support threat detection, target identification and to manage autonomous weapon systems such as drones
In northern Nigeria, the environmental crisis has fuelled resource competition between farmers and pastoralist herders and provided fertile ground for extremist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP
South African opposition political parties have long experimented with pre-electoral alliances, many of which have ended unsuccessfully
This October, elections were held in Central, East and West Africa, with Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Tanzania all going to the polls
After almost a quarter century of existence, an honest assessment of the AU’s Governance, Peace and Security Policy Frameworks is long-overdue
The past failed attempts by the international community and Congolese actors to restore peace in the DRC show that best wishes and superficial resolutions alone are not enough
Future AU-UN missions can take inspiration from the work of local civil society in the PoC field
From 1-3 October 2025, Nairobi will host the IRSK conference under the theme Enhancing COMESA’s Strategic Positioning and Resilience in the Evolving Global Order
Are national peace architectures, typically centred on peace councils, local peace committees, and insider mediation, still fit for purpose?
Ten years after its launch and two years of silence, there is a need to reboot the Tana Forum on Security in Africa for it to remain a strong platform enabling Africa to lead in addressing peace and security issues
The Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development was launched in 2019 during Egypt’s Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) and under the auspices of H.E. Abdelfattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Champion of Post-Conflict …
The election calendar for Southern Africa in 2025 is smaller, with only the Seychelles, Malawi and Tanzania holding elections. The first of these countries will be Malawi, on 16 September
On 23 June 2025 we said goodbye to Professor Jannie Malan—a founding pillar of ACCORD’s Research Department, a revered scholar of peace, and, above all, a deeply compassionate human being.
The effective implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in African peace operations requires strategic pragmatism. Rather than viewing militarisation as antithetical to gender equality, it can serve as an opportunity to embed gender sensitivity into the core of peace operations.