Impact profile: Amani Africa worked with Kenya on the Africa-France Summit

Impact profile: Amani Africa worked with Kenya on the Africa-France SummitDate | 13 May 2026

Peace and security were a central theme of the Africa-France summit, which concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 12, 2026, with the adoption of the summit declaration. Amani Africa Media and Research Services worked with the Republic of Kenya, the summit host, providing technical support. Amani Africa’s engagement with Kenya took two forms: first, content contributions towards the framing of the concept note of the Ministerial Session and second, serving as a moderator of the Heads of State and Government plenary session of the summit on peace and security.

Ahead of the Heads of States and Government session, a ministerial meeting on UN Security Council Reform and the use of veto was held on May 11, 2026. Drawing on our work on UN Security Council Reform, we provided substantive input that helped shape the ministerial session’s concept note; this input included:

• Foregrounding the imperative for comprehensive reform of the UNSC as demanded by the African Common Position in the Ezulwini consensus;
• Highlighting how the renewed push of Africa in recent years for progress in the UNSC reform process, including the presentation of the African Model on UNSC reform in April 2026, catalysed heightened levels of engagement by a large number of UN member states in the reform process;
• Identifying how as part of the comprehensive reform restraint on and accountability for the use of veto coheres with the Ezulwini Consensus as expounded by the Report of the Joint Namibia-Amani Africa High-level Panel of Experts on Africa and the Reform of the Multilateral System

Amani Africa also participated directly in the Heads of State and Government plenary on peace and security on May 12, 2026, with our founding Executive Director serving as the session moderator. The outcome of both the ministerial meeting and the Heads of State and Government plenary session on peace and security formed part of the final declaration of the summit.

Amani Africa expresses its sincere appreciation to the Government of Kenya for involving us in shaping and supporting the summit session and its outcome.