Peace and Security Council Report No 64

In October, the AU Peace and Security Council discussed Ebola, elections and the roots of state fragility. It also responded to the Burkina Faso situation.

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) intervened in the situation in Burkina Faso following the ousting of former president Blaise Compaoré. It gave the military regime two weeks to hand over power to a civilian transitional government. The PSC last month also discussed elections in Africa where a number of African Union (AU) observer missions had been deployed. These included elections in Mozambique and Tunisia.

The PSC is concerned about the structural causes of state fragility. It noted that conflict prevention has to focus not only on triggers of conflict but also on the structural conditions that propel countries into conflict.

Ebola not only threatens the health of citizens in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but also poses a threat to the socio-political stability of these countries.

HE Alain Aimé Nyamitwe, August chair of the PSC says member states of the AU should take action on issues like Ebola and contribute to the Peace Fund.