Voting booths could be places of tension, even violence, and may determine whether stability or turmoil prevails.
Many in Southern Africa are asking why SADC does not intervene in crises in the same way leaders in West Africa do.
Special focus on regional economic communities: The complexity of the relationship between the AU and regional organisations is evident in the handling of the crisis in the Central African Republic.
The AU is divided over the possible impact of free movement of people on security in Africa.
The election of 10 new PSC members shows that consultation within regions prevailed over competition between member states.
Ten new members of the Peace and Security Council will be elected at the 30th AU summit.
Amid growing insecurity in the country, the PSC will be discussing the new AU roadmap for peace in the Central African Republic.
The head of the ISS’s Peace and Security Research Programme Stephanie Wolters says the recent SADC decision on the DRC was ‘a significant disappointment, but not a surprise’.
This month the focus of the PSC is on its reports to the 29th AU summit.
The AU recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance - a useful tool that is not being used often enough.
Small and middle-sized states fill the main positions in the new AU Commission that was elected at the 28th AU summit.
This month the PSC will discuss the situations in The Gambia and Somalia ahead of the 28th AU summit.
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