Major challenges lie ahead for the African Union as the shape of global politics shifts
29 Feb 2024
The African Union must adapt and respond to the rapidly emerging new global order.
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.
For the final Monitor of the year, we feature a piece from Madam Graça Machel, the Chair of ACCORD’s Board of Trustees, on intergenerational justice and human rights in a
Financing AU peace operations via the UN will have several unintended but foreseeable negative consequences that need to be taken into account.
Promoting the use of research in conflict management.
In the first article of our December edition of the Monitor, Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the
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.
Resetting Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation for the 21st Century
The global order is rapidly changing. UN and African-led peace operations must adapt to both new geo-political realities as well as new threats and challenges.
Since 2020, Africa has recorded seven successful coups and three unsuccessful coups. No singular factor explains coup drivers. The 26 July coup in Niger is not an isolated event. Rather,