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The AU’s peace and security architecture: filling the gaps

The AU’s peace and security architecture: filling the gaps: African leaders at the 33rd African Union Heads of State Summit at the headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2020. Since its inception in 2002 the African Union has been under pressure to resolve the extensive peace and security challenges facing the continent. In particular, …

What spurred six countries to join the AU’s mission in Somalia

What spurred six countries to join the AU’s mission in Somalia: Somali soldiers and peacekeepers from the AU Mission during an operation in 2014. Reuters/Feisal Omar To understand why states provide peacekeepers to multilateral operations I recently analysed what motivated states to join the African Union Mission in Somalia. The mission was deployed to Mogadishu …

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The AU’s peace and security architecture: filling the gaps

What spurred six countries to join the AU’s mission in Somalia