With no provision for a run-off election, the close contest between the three frontrunners could bring complications.

Will Manuel Chang's trial on home soil mean justice for Mozambicans, or just more suffering?

This edition, which focuses on the highlights of the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, provides us with pointers on four critical issues to which the Department will dedicate considerable attention this year. Notwithstanding the unprecedented lack of predictability of the last two years, we were able to make considerable progre...

The objective of this newsletter is to create greater awareness and enhance information-sharing of the governance, peace and security policy initiatives and actions of the PAPS Department. The increasing complexity of the governance, peace and security landscape on the African continent cannot be overemphasised. The challenges in these areas are interlinked and mut...

Europe's focus on returns risks destabilising receiving countries and aggravating the root causes of migration.

Regardless of who wins the fight for Tripoli, the power of armed groups over government is being entrenched.

How the country's new leaders can stop endemic violence and restore trust between citizens and government.

Africa's large-scale security operations have neglected rural areas where violent extremism thrives.

Poverty propels most illegal miners into the industry, but ruthless criminal syndicates are equally responsible.

En guise d’introduction des thèmes traités dans ce magazine, qui est le troisième numéro de la série présentant les activités sur le terrain de l’Union africaine, je voudrais citer deux éminents dirigeants africains. En parlant d’’éducation, Nelson Mandela a déclaré : « L’éducation est l’arme la plus puissante que vous pouvez utiliser pour changer le monde ». En ce...