The policy brief identifies five factors that are vital to attaining sustainable peace in Somalia.
Reconfiguring AMISOM would be better for Somalia than the focus on its withdrawal that preoccupies donor countries.
The African Union should better support its member states rather than try to lead counter-terrorism operations.
The African Union should authorise and coordinate, rather than mandate and lead, counter-terrorism operations.
This brief highlights three main challenges confronting the new leadership of the AU Commission.