The PSC Report spoke to Mohamed Arrounchi, Morocco’s ambassador to the AU, about the country’s chairship of the PSC in September.
Special focus on RECs: North Africa has been without a functional REC owing to the tensions between Algeria and Morocco.
Overcoming internal divisions over Western Sahara is set to be a challenge for the PSC in the year ahead.
To be effective, the way in which crises get onto the PSC’s agenda needs to change.
This latest Western Sahara decision is crucial for the AU and the PSC because the AU has taken a formal decision to limit the PSC’s involvement in a crisis in Africa.
The AU is divided over the possible impact of free movement of people on security in Africa.
The PSC Report spoke to Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita about Morocco’s membership of the PSC.
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.
The AU is yet to deliver on its resolve to initiate a national dialogue on reconciliation for Libya.
At the 29th AU summit, leaders decided, among other measures, that September would be ‘Amnesty Month’ for those possessing illegal weapons.
The PSC will devote an open session to preventing genocide every year in April, but this is far from adequate to prevent mass atrocities on the continent.
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