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African Women Mediators and Election Observers: Building Peace, Securing Women
(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-DDR Newsletter
(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 ...
The Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD)
(Peace and Security Department, 2016)
The African Union Commission’s Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD), alternatively referred to as the African Standby Force Continental Planning Element, was set up pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 of the ...
Continental Structural Conflict Prevention Framework
(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 ...
Handbook for Reporters on Women, Peace and Security: Practicing Gender-Responsive Reporting in Conflict Affected Countries in Africa
(African Union CommissionUN Women, 2017)
The handbook aims to promote gender responsive reporting that accurately portrays women’s lives in conflict and post-conflict contexts—highlighting the whole range of their roles and strengths as well as the impact of ...
From Barriers to Bridges: Collection of Official Texts on African Borders from 1963 to 2012
(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 ...
Creation and Operation of Boundary Commissions in Africa: The User’s Guide
(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 ...
African Border Dispute Settlement: The User’s Guide
(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 ...
Installation of a Cross-Border Basic Service Infrastructure: The User’s Guide
(African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2013-05)
This book, entitled Installation of a Cross-Border Basic Service Infrastructure: The User’s Guide, presents a successful experience of cross-border cooperation arising from a local initiative in the healthcare sector in ...
Thank You MISCA
(Peace and Security Department, 2014-09)
The African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA, French acronym for Mission internationale de soutien à la Centrafrique sous conduite africaine) is an African Union peacekeeping mission ...