For the final Monitor of the year, we feature a piece from Madam Graça Machel, the Chair of ACCORD’s Board of Trustees, on intergenerational justice and human rights in a
Financing AU peace operations via the UN will have several unintended but foreseeable negative consequences that need to be taken into account.
Promoting the use of research in conflict management.
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
SSG/R should be a key element of the political processes of states emerging from conflict and of the strengthening of rule of law institutions.
Resetting Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation for the 21st Century
The global order is rapidly changing. UN and African-led peace operations must adapt to both new geo-political realities as well as new threats and challenges.
Since 2020, Africa has recorded seven successful coups and three unsuccessful coups. No singular factor explains coup drivers. The 26 July coup in Niger is not an isolated event. Rather,
This article assesses the extent to which the African Union has been able to influence the capacity of states to protect their own populations where it has deployed peace operations.
This article explores the arguments and challenges surrounding Africa’s drive to secure a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.