Home -- Publication -- Ideas Indaba 11 April 2025 Africa Mourns the Loss of an Illustrious Son and Great Pan-AfricanistRead More 10 April 2025 Can AU’s anti-coup norm survive a scenario in which the military leaders of all suspended countries run for elections following the precedent in Chad and Gabon?Read More 4 April 2025 Implications of the AU Commission leadership elections for the AU’s standing and roleRead More 5 February 2025 The new AU Somalia mission (AUSSOM) is ATMIS by another name but with more problemsRead More 31 January 2025 The Withdrawal of AES from ECOWAS: An opportunity for re-evaluating existing instruments for regional integration?Read More 28 November 2024 Can a unified leadership of the A3+ help in navigating the geopolitical gridlock in the UN Security Council in relation to African files?Read More 20 November 2024 Will the AU and the EU peace and security organs once again fail to adopt joint communique of their annual consultative meeting?Read More 20 September 2024 The Summit of the Future through the independent Africa high-level panel reportRead More 16 September 2024 Is the African Union failing countries in complex political transition? Insights from the Peace and Security Council’s recent sessionRead More 8 August 2024 Sierra Leone leverages its presidency for Africa’s seat at the Security CouncilRead More 15 July 2024 How does the withdrawal of SAMIM affect AU’s engagement in the Conflict in Northern Mozambique?Read More 25 May 2024 PSC marks 20th anniversary as the continent faces dangerous deterioration of peace and securityRead More 9 May 2024 Making the Panel of the wise fit for purpose critical for effectively delivering on AU’s preventive diplomacy roleRead More 15 April 2024 Indifference of Africa and the rest of the world is allowing the warring parties to push Sudan to total collapseRead More 9 April 2024 A moment of reckoning for the AU in Chad as interim leader declares candidacy for presidential electionRead More 1 March 2024 AU’s take on UN Security Council Resolution 2719 on financing of PSOsRead More 24 February 2024 Drama filled 37th African Union summit triggering question if it is an institution reforming or deformingRead More 2 February 2024 How Africa organizes itself will make or break AU’s G21 membershipRead More 22 December 2023 A landmark UN resolution on the financing of AU-Led Peace Support Operations (PSOs) faces uncertain reception in Addis AbabaRead More 21 December 2023 How Africa is using the A3 as a de facto permanent power block in global peace and security decision-makingRead More 5 December 2023 Establishment of a high-level panel an opportunity for reinvigorating AU’s role on SudanRead More 29 November 2023 Conflict and fragility turn climate induced extreme weather events into catastrophe: The lesson from the tragedy in Derna Libya for COP28Read More 11 September 2023 Why African Union’s membership in the G20 matters for both the G20 and AfricaRead More 13 August 2023 The most pressing dilemma for the AU on Niger is to help find a path for a non-military resolution of the crisisRead More 31 July 2023 The coup in Niger: Lessons from a trouble in paradiseRead More 22 June 2023 Transcending the state-centric peace and security diplomacy a pre-requisite for peace in the contemporary complex security landscapeRead More 22 June 2023 On why Darfur deserves a special attentionRead More 15 June 2023 Why the idea of the establishment of a civilian transitional authority in Sudan should be taken seriously and how it can be realizedRead More 12 June 2023 AU’s Network of think tanks for peace: an avenue for bringing the AU closer to the wider African public?Read More 20 April 2023 Sudan’s descent from a peace process to armed fighting and implications for the AU: the Urgency for more and sustained actionRead More 4 April 2023 Cash strapped African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) starts its second year facing uncertain financial futureRead More 08 March 2023 The case for a feminist approach to peace and securityRead More 03 March 2023 The 36th AU Summit beyond peace and security: Reform of the multilateral system and the AfCFTARead More 24 February 2023 Is the AU addressing the challenges to effective enforcement of its norm banning Unconstitutional Changes of government?Read More 15 February 2023 AU summit: Family photo and participationRead More 13 February 2023 A New Dawn for AU’s Role in Humanitarian Action?Read More February 10, 2023Is the AU addressing the challenges to effective enforcement of its norm banning Unconstitutional Changes of government?Read More
