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At a time when UN peace operations are declining, African organisations are often the first responders to emerging crises.
A recent Security Council resolution to curb violence in Haiti was not just a local issue but a broader idea about how to stay relevant as a global organization.
Weeks after the war began, we collaborated on a proposal for a multinational peacekeeping force in Gaza. Many of our recommendations remain relevant.
DIsproportionately relying on military spending for security purposes fails to prevent conflict and has a detrimental impact on gender equality, human rights and peacemaking.
Egypt has hosted more Sudanese refugees than any other country since the start of the 2023 civil war.
Sustained diplomacy is needed to make current peace efforts work more effectively in the DRC.
Current initiatives to bring peace in eastern DRC have been ineffective as they are routinely violated.
The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.
Negotiating peace is not a matter of following a simple recipe; it rarely has well-defined stages.
South Africa is arguably best placed to meet the demands on permanent security council members and can play a constructive role in pushing the African agenda.
The UN faces a crisis because of its failure to address the world’s biggest conflicts.
While the gravity of the need in Sudan is clear, there are barriers to deploying a peacekeeping mission.
The United Arab Emirates is emerging as the foreign player most invested in Sudan’s conflict.
There is a long, and often ugly, history of foreign intervention in Haiti.
The concept of the African Standby Force needs to adapt to the modern realities of conflict.
Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
The security services that watch over South Africans today are a far cry from the instruments of minority rule of the apartheid era. They are subject to the constitution and the rule of law.
Many believe that the international community could have acted earlier, to prevent the genocide before it started.
A major hurdle in South Sudan is the presence of detractors who undermine the successful implementation of peace deals.
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