Kofi Annan’s contributions to peace and security were wide-ranging, encompassing efforts to discourage needless conflicts, support peace operations, create or…
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Reflections on World Press Freedom Day in Accra
Just a few weeks ago on May 2 and 3, events celebrating the 25th World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) were…
Study on African Mediation Highlights the Significance of the Mandate
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Laurie Nathan, University of Pretoria Every mediation to…
New Threats to Africa’s Peace and Security: the Role of Youth in Preventing Conflicts and Building Sustainable Peace
Today, more than 600 million young people globally live in fragile and conflict-affected areas, a large proportion of them in…
Book Review, UN Peacekeeping in Africa
2015 and 2016 saw a bumper crop of UN peace architecture reform proposals. These included three blockbuster reviews of UN…
The Crisis in Burundi: A Call to Regional Actors
"Given Burundi’s refusal to allow the AU’s peacekeeping force and the UN’s admitted lack of preparedness, what role can the…
African Peace Support Operations: Sites for Deepening the United Nations’ Cooperation with Regional Organizations
"Against a backdrop of a dynamic and changing peace and security environment, the UN’s interaction with ROs is being redefined.…
Redefining Peacekeeping: The Force Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of Congo
"The coming together of the UN, AU, SADC, and ICGLR to conceptualize and operationalize the FIB demonstrates that hybridization in…
Post-M23 Euphoria and the Recurrent Peace Dividends in Eastern DRC
“The examples of M23 and ADF showcase the positive potential of decisive peace enforcement, but neither the unsatisfactory ‘peace agreement’…
Mediating in Madagascar: Bypassing the AU Ban on Coup Legitimization
A great political problem on the African continent is the scourge of coups have taken place over the past half…