How African organisations envision peacemaking
The African organisations have developed normative policy frameworks and organisational structures for diplomacy.
Abstract
The African Union (AU) and Regional Economic Communities (REC) have become pivotal peacemakers in the two decades since they began the construction of a joint African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) with the objective to provide “African solutions to African problems.” The African organisations have developed normative policy frameworks and organisational structures for mediation and preventive diplomacy. The peace making institutions, which were developed with the assistance of international development partners, reflect the long-standing peace making experience, practices and principles of the African organisations, as well as international norms, technical standards and peacebuilding paradigms. Whereas the African organisations and Western states share a catalogue of common values, in peace making interventions, their priorities and approaches often diverge.
This paper is an output of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PEACEREP) programme.
Citation
Aeby, M. How African Organisations Envision Peacemaking: AU, IGAD and SADC policies and structures for African solutions (PeaceRep Report: Global Transitions Series). PeaceRep: The Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform, University of Edinburgh 2022