Strategic Options for the Future of African Peace Operations 2015-2025 : Seminar Report

Abstract

Increasingly complex security environments are placing high demands on African peace operations, and complicating efforts at long-term peace- and statebuilding. From the experiences of the African Union (AU) and the sub-regions over the last decade, an African model of peace operations has emerged that is at odds with the mission scenarios and multi-dimensional assumptions that underpinned the original framework of the African Standby Force (ASF).

<p>Contents: Executive summary -- 1. African peace operations: trends and future scenarios? -- 2. The context: the contemporary African security landscape -- 3. AU peace operations partnerships -- 4. Civilian and police dimensions of African peace operations -- 5. Conclusions and recommendations -- About the authors -- Appendix</p><p>This report is an outcome of the seminar ‘The Future of African Peace Operations: Strategic Options 2015-2025’, co-hosted by the Nordic Africa Institute and the Training for Peace programme in Cape Town, 17-18 December 2015. The report is based on the proceedings of the seminar.</p>