Gustavo De Carvalho | ISS Africa

Capacity, funding and innovation could improve the African Union’s record on post-conflict reconstruction and development.

Research suggests that the links are overstated, especially compared to Africa’s voting patterns with other council members.

This policy insight argues that Russia’s influence over the African grouping is often exaggerated or misplaced.

Can high-level meetings and summits build trust and change a historically complex set of relationships?

The African Union needs to prove its commitment to the continent’s people by showing that multilateralism matters.

The UN’s anniversary is a good time for individual states to show why global institutions and multilateralism matter.

Unless results are shown back home, South Africa’s leadership on the Security Council could seem hollow.

This report recommends ways in which the AU can make the best use of its Mediation Support Unit.

In an important victory, youth issues will now be a regular item on the council’s agenda.

To influence global decisions, African states on the council must strive to present unified positions.

COVID-19 could make diplomacy more inclusive, but Africa’s weak internet connectivity means it might be left behind.

How has the country performed so far, and what can be achieved during the remainder of its term?