Zimbabwe
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26 Aug 2020 / by PSC Report
Why is SADC slow to intervene in political crises?

Many in Southern Africa are asking why SADC does not intervene in crises in the same way leaders in West Africa do.
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12 Aug 2019 / by PSC Report
Zimbabwe aims to highlight disaster prevention and foreign militaries in Africa

The PSC Report spoke to Zimbabwe’s Ambassador Albert Chimbini about Zimbabwe’s plans for the PSC in August 2019.
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30 Apr 2018 / by PSC Report
Trimestral review of the AU Peace and Security Council (January-March 2018)

In the last three months of its tenure the outgoing PSC welcomed the deployment of a SADC mission to Lesotho and endorsed ECOWAS’ efforts in Guinea Bissau.
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27 Apr 2018 / by PSC Report
The trend towards subsidiarity: a retrospective of the outgoing PSC

A retrospective of the outgoing PSC shows that from April 2016 to March 2018, 36% of the meetings were about ongoing crisis and conflict situations.
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12 Feb 2018 / by PSC Report
30th AU summit: PSC members elected by consensus

The election of 10 new PSC members shows that consultation within regions prevailed over competition between member states.
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19 Jan 2018 / by PSC Report
The PSC in 2017 - fewer discussions on African crises

An analysis of the work of the PSC in 2017 shows more meetings were devoted to thematic issues than to crisis situations.
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12 Jan 2018 / by PSC Report
Looking back: the need for credible election observers

Election observers need to up their game in 2018 if they are to remain relevant.
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20 Dec 2017 / by PSC Report
New candidates vie for positions on the PSC

Ten new members of the Peace and Security Council will be elected at the 30th AU summit.
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15 Dec 2017 / by PSC Report
AU reforms: the challenge of clarifying the roles of the AU and RECs

Clarifying the relationship between the AU and regional economic communities is one of the main issues on the AU’s reform agenda.
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07 Nov 2017 / by PSC Report
PSC Interview: Little chance of a free and fair poll in Zimbabwe

The PSC Report speaks to ISS expert Derek Matyszak about the run-up to elections in Zimbabwe next year.
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04 Sep 2017 / by PSC Report
PSC Interview: 'Without political will, sending a SADC special envoy will be pointless'

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’.

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19 Apr 2017 / by PSC Report
Denialism plagues Africa's early warning system

South Africa last month again placed the tricky issues around early warning on the agenda of the PSC.

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