In recent years, laudable efforts have been made to meet the AU Peace Fund’s endowment target of $400 million.

For the African Union to remain relevant, its leaders should be judged by their capacity to renew Africa’s broken multilateralism.

As intergovernmental organisations grapple with security problems, it’s time to review the African Peace and Security Architecture.

Joining the global forum presents political, cultural and technical challenges for the African Union (AU), which has been relatively inward-looking.

The African Union must be bold, decisive and consistent in resolving tensions and competition among its members and regions.

Missions struggle to navigate the political minefields that come with the broad goal of stabilising conflict situations.

A lack of principled consistency in solving conflicts makes Africa’s non-aligned position look like short-sighted opportunism.

Despite its leading role in the AU’s highest decision-making body, Cameroon’s stance on African issues remains opaque.

From peacekeeping to early warning and mediation, traditional tools aren’t resolving protracted conflicts in Africa.

Ramaphosa’s trip to West Africa this week is an opportunity to fix SA’s image problem on the continent.