Peace & Security Council Report

The report examines the drivers of recent coups in West Africa and the need for the AU to strengthen normative frameworks against unconstitutional changes of government. It assesses the shift in EU financing from the Africa Peace Facility (APF) to the European Peace Facility (EPF), warning that this may increase European militarism and reduce AU leadership in peace operations. Additionally, it evaluates the transition from AMISOM to ATMIS in Somalia and the potential for joint AU-UN mediation to resolve the political stalemate in Sudan.

• Recent coups in West Africa, including those in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, are attributed to governance failures, such as the inability of states to provide security, education, and health, and the use of constitutional amendments to extend presidential terms.
• Existing AU normative instruments, such as the Lomé Declaration and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, are becoming less effective, and there is a call to update them to address 'legalistic contortions' used to extend executive power.
• The EU's transition from the Africa Peace Facility (APF) to the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2021 has removed the AU as the primary channel for EU financing of military missions in Africa, potentially undermining AU leadership and increasing EU interventionism.
• The European Peace Facility (EPF) allows for the supply of lethal weapons to partners, raising concerns about arms proliferation in Africa and the possibility that the model used for Ukraine could be replicated on the continent.
• The transition from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on 1 April 2022 is viewed by some as a name change only, as it maintains a similar troop capacity of 18,000 and a similar mandate.
• In Sudan, a joint AU-UN mediation effort is proposed to break the stalemate following the 25 October 2021 coup, combining the AU's regional legitimacy with the UN's resource capacity to create a new political dispensation rather than simply restoring the previous partnership.

APA

Louw-Vaudran, L., Diatta, M., Woldemichael, S., Atta-Asamoah, A., Dessu, M. K., & Mahdi, M. (2022). Peace & Security Council Report. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/psc-144.pdf

Chicago

Louw-Vaudran, Liesl, Mohamed Diatta, Shewit Woldemichael, Andrews Atta-Asamoah, Meressa K Dessu, and Maram Mahdi. Peace & Security Council Report. Institute for Security Studies, 2022. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/psc-144.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{louwvaudran2022peace, author = {Louw-Vaudran, Liesl and Diatta, Mohamed and Woldemichael, Shewit and Atta-Asamoah, Andrews and Dessu, Meressa K and Mahdi, Maram}, title = {{Peace \& Security Council Report}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2022}, month = mar, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/psc-144.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }