...for Al Shabaab losses incurred during Kenya’s incursion into Somalia in 2011. The Kenyan government justified Operation Linda Nchi, as the incursion was known, as a response to Somalia’s ongoing...
Somalia
Essays
Why is the 18th July AU decision to adopt a new funding model so important?
by Linnéa Gelot
...balance between domestic and external funding. In a recent example, the 22,000-strong African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) created by the African Union on January 19, 2007 has been funded...
Africa
African Agency and a Biden Administration: Lessons from Trump’s Presidency
by Ndubuisi Christian Ani
...request on the use of UN assessed contributions for African peace operations in the Sahel, Somalia, among others. The AU’s Peace Fund was meant to only generate up to 25...
Special Issues
Responding to the Westgate Attack: Enforcing the Rule of Law
by Achieng' Akena
...for Defense and National Security was for the United Nations and Kenyan authorities to close down the Dadaab refugee camp and send all the refugees back to Somalia. The closure...
AU-UN Cooperation
Second Time Around: Why Did the African Union Say “No” to a Peace Intervention Force in Burundi?
by Jude Cocodia
...and peacebuilding challenges elsewhere on the continent. Although the organization has done a great job in Somalia, Al-Shabaab has shown it still has the capacity to wreak havoc in the...
Book Reviews
Peacebuilding in the African Union: Law, Philosophy and Practice, by Abou Jeng
by Olabanji Akinola
...Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in war-torn Southern Somalia are contrasted to the peacebuilding efforts of clan leaders in breakaway northwestern Somaliland where the AU is not involved, but considerable peace...
Africa
An Insight into the Race for the Position of Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission
by Thomas Kwasi Tieku
...role. The candidates include Mr. Yacin Elmi Bouh from Djibouti, Mr. Ibrahim Ali Hussein from Somalia, Dr. Victor Emmanuel Djomatchoua-Toko from Cameroon, and Mr. Thomas Kwesi Quartey from Ghana. A...
Uncategorized
Introducing the African Peacebuilding Network’s and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa’s 2023 Fellows
2020 APN Fellows
An Interview with Erick Sourna
by Erick Sourna Loumtouang, Natalie Bernstien and ka-admin
...risks of an authoritarian drift and a decline in democracy. In Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and Somalia, the use of drones has had consequences on the lives of local populations. Drone...
Africa
The United Nations Security Council Seat and Kenya’s Assertive Foreign Policy
by Dr. Nicodemus Minde
...like Somalia and South Sudan. The country’s capital, Nairobi is also a regional economic hub and a financial entrepôt for bilateral and multilateral engagements. Pragmatic and Assertive Foreign Policy Kenya’s...