Microsoft Word - Reort Tripoli Special Session - Final _Arabic_

This report, prepared by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for a special session in Tripoli, provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges to peace and security in Africa. It details the institutional framework of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), the economic and human costs of conflict, and the status of various regional crises, including those in Somalia, Sudan, and the Great Lakes region. The document emphasizes the need for African ownership of peace efforts, the importance of structural conflict prevention, and the strengthening of partnerships with international bodies like the UN and EU.

• Violent conflicts have caused devastating economic losses in Africa, with estimates suggesting total losses of approximately 300 billion US dollars since 1990, averaging 18 billion US dollars annually.
• Africa faces a severe crisis of forced displacement, hosting 3 million refugees (20% of global estimates) and 11.6 million internally displaced persons across 19 countries.
• The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) is built on five pillars: the Peace and Security Council, the Panel of the Wise, the Continental Early Warning System, the African Standby Force, and a Memorandum of Understanding with regional conflict prevention mechanisms.
• Border disputes remain a significant source of tension because less than a quarter of African borders, mostly inherited from the colonial era, have been formally delimited.
• Climate change is identified as a new threat to peace and security, likely to cause environmental stress, water scarcity, and migration, which may undermine existing peace efforts.
• In Somalia, the African Union Mission (AMISOM) has deployed over 5,100 personnel from Uganda and Burundi, though this remains below the authorized strength of 8,000.
• The report highlights the precarious state of the peace process in Sudan, noting that while the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has seen progress, the situation in Darfur remains unstable with slow political negotiations.
• The African Union is working to establish a comprehensive legal framework for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons (IDPs) through a convention expected to be adopted in Kampala, Uganda.
• The report notes a trend of election-related violence in Africa, attributed to deficiencies in election management, lack of impartial judiciaries, and the emergence of ethnic and regional alliances.
• The African Union has established a Peace Fund to finance peace support missions, utilizing regular budget allocations and voluntary contributions from within and outside Africa.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (n.d.). Microsoft Word - Reort Tripoli Special Session - Final _Arabic_. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/AUREPORTTRIPOLISEP09ARABIC.PDF

Chicago

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@techreport{instituteforsecuritystudiesndmicrosoft, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{Microsoft Word - Reort Tripoli Special Session - Final \_Arabic\_}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/AUREPORTTRIPOLISEP09ARABIC.PDF}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }