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    • African Border Dispute Settlement: The User’s Guide 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2016-07)
      Borders, which constitute a core security interest of the State, determine the extent of the geographical area under the exclusive jurisdiction of a State. The absence of clearly defined territorial control and the ill ...
    • African Union Border Programme: Border Day 2018 

      Peace and Security Department (Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division, Peace and Security Department, 2018)
      The Commemoration of African Border Day was decided by the African Ministers in charge of Border Issues in 2010. The aim of African Border day is to sensitize all relevant stakeholders about the role and the importance of ...
    • African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation (Niamey Convention) 

      Twenty-Third Ordinary Session of the Assembly (African Union Commission, 2012-05-17)
      African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation (Niamey Convention) Adopted by Twenty-Third Ordinary Session of the Assembly, Held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 27 June 2014
    • African Union Strategy for a Better Integrated Border Governance 

      Peace and Security Department, African Union Commission, (African Union Commission,, 2020-06)
      The African Union Strategy for Integrated Border Governance (AUBGS) is an instrument developed to use borders as vectors to promote peace, security and stability, and to improve and accelerate integration through effective ...
    • African Union’s Quick Impact Project Implementation: Lessons Learned From Somalia 

      Peace and Security Department (Crisis Management and Post Conflict Reconstruction Division (CMPCRD), Peace and Security Department, 2018-10)
      An important element of the African Union’s (AU) activities is its ability to deliver tangible peace dividends to address immediate needs of populations affected by conflicts. The AU usually does this through implementation ...
    • African Women Mediators and Election Observers: Building Peace, Securing Women 

      Peace and Security Department (Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Addis Ababa, 2017-06)
      This booklet on “African Women Mediators and Election Observers” is published by the OSE with the aim to facilitate access to a pool of African women with the knowledge, skills and readiness to engage in mediation and ...
    • AU Peace and Security Council Concludes its Two-Day Field Mission to the Republic of The Gambia 

      Peace and Security Council (PSC) (African Union Commission, 2019-07-31)
      Press Release: Banjul, 31 July 2019: The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) has just concluded its two-day field mission in the Republic of The Gambia, which took place from 29 to 30 July 2019. The mission ...
    • AU Peace Support Operations:No Development without Peace and Security 

      African Union; Peace and Security Department (African Union, 2019-09-16)
      No Development without Peace and Security : AU Peace Support Operations ,in line with the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by Year 2020. The video showcases the efforts by the Peace Support ...
    • AU Youth for Peace Africa (Y4P) Program validates the Continental Framework on Youth, Peace and Security and Study on the Roles and Contributions of Youth to Peace and Security 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Commission, 2019-10-29)
      Press Release: Accra, 29 October 2019: The Youth for Peace Africa (Y4P) Program of the African Union Commission, managed by its Peace and Security Department, reviewed and validated the draft Continental Framework on Youth, ...
    • AU-DDR Newsletter 

      Peace and Security Department (Defense and Security Division (DSD), Peace and Security Department, 2017-06)
      The focus in Phase II was determined following a review of Phase I and the identification of lessons learnt. In this regard, key priority areas of engagement have been identified and these include: (i) Providing operational ...
    • AU-DDR Newsletter 

      Peace and Security Department (Defense and Security Division (DSD), Peace and Security Department, 2016-06)
      In this issue you will find mention of other peace and security initiatives that are intrinsically intertwined with the implementation of DDR activities. We see the role that DDR plays in galvanizing efforts in PSO’s like ...
    • Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division of the AU Peace and Security Department 

      Peace and Security Department (Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division, Peace and Security Department, 2018-02)
      The Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division focuses on the anticipation and prevention of violent conflicts in Africa.
    • Consultative Meeting on the Domestication and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in the Republic of Benin 

      African Union Commission; Defense and Security Division, Peace and Security Department (African Union Commission, 2019-03-14)
      Press Release: Cotonou, 14 March 2019: The African Union Commission (AUC), in response to a request by the Republic of Benin, concluded in Cotonou, a three days Consultative Meeting on the Domestication and Implementation ...
    • Continental Structural Conflict Prevention Framework 

      Peace and Security Department (Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division, Peace and Security Department, 2018)
      The AU’s Continental Structural Conflict Prevention Framework (CSCPF) has been developed to facilitate a Commission-wide coordinated approach to structural conflict prevention. It seeks to identify and address structural ...
    • Creation and Operation of Boundary Commissions in Africa: The User’s Guide 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2014-08)
      Every boundary across Africa – indeed across the world – is unique, with its own distinct history, definition, and human and physical geographical contexts. The aim of this handbook is not to proscribe strict regulations ...
    • Delimitation and Demarcation of Boundaries in Africa: General Issues and Case Studies 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2014-08)
      The delimitation and demarcation initiative meets three imperative needs: The first is geopolitical, concerning the peace, security and stability that derive from conflict prevention. The Programme does not aim for a new ...
    • Delimitation and Demarcation of Boundaries in Africa: The User’s Guide 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2014-08)
      Almost all of today’s political map of Africa was drawn in the 19th and early 20th centuries at negotiation tables in various European capitals. As is well known, this endeavour proved only partially successful: even though ...
    • Dialogue on the Implementation of China-Africa Peace and Security Initiative, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 February 2019 

      Peace and Security Department; Chergui, Smail Amb. (2019-02-06)
      Speech: Addis Ababa, 6 February 2019: Statement pronounced by the African Union Commissioner for Political affairs on behalf of H.E. Amb. Smail Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security: Dialogue on the ...
    • From Barriers to Bridges: Collection of Official Texts on African Borders from 1963 to 2012 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2013-05)
      Developed for readers and practitioners by the African Union Border Programme, this Volume gathers in Section I all the founding instruments and legal frameworks pertaining to international boundary issues on the African ...
    • Gender Bite Five: Sex-disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators 

      Peace and Security Department; AU Gender Peace and Security Programme (Peace and Security Department, 2019-08)
      This is an e-learning initiative by the AU Gender, Peace and Security Programme, (GPSP) aimed at providing policy framework on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the concepts of gender and its practical application ...