Peace and Security Council Report No 129

This issue looks at Africa’s counter-terrorism operations, election observation and EU–Africa negotiations.

In this issue

Will Africa adapt its counter-terrorism operations to changing realities?

Election observation put to a test as African borders slowly re-open

Presidential power play undermines democracy in Africa

Ghana’s Western Togoland crisis and Africa’s unanswered secession questions

EU–Africa negotiations: can Africa speak with one voice?

PSC Report interview with Carlos Lopes, special high representative of the AU in its negotiations with the EU post-2020


Picture: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

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The publication of the PSC Report is made possible through support from the Government of the Netherlands, the Government of Denmark and the Hanns Seidel Foundation. The ISS is also grateful for the support of the following members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the European Union and the governments of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the USA.
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