African-led PSOs have emerged as a principal instrument through which the AU, RECs/RMs, and ad hoc coalitions of states have attempted to respond to the continent’s complex security challenges
Analysis of the evolution of peace operations from an African perspective, highlighting how the continent can leverage its agency, reform institutions, and strengthen partnerships to make peace operations more effective, sustainable, and legitimate
Aligning work-plans with the newly published ASF Training Directives (2024-2026).
Leveraging Technology in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Peace Support Operations Training – Opportunities and Challenges.
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
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.
Identifying challenges and gaps in implementing the 2021-2023 Training Directives.
Over the last decade Africa has experienced a resurgence of what used to be called rebels. In response a number of new types of operations have evolved
The African Union Commission (AUC) held the 14th African Standby Force (ASF) Training Implementation Workshop (TIW) at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana from 30 November – 2 December 2022.
Enhancing peace and security on the African continent