Taking Stock of African Peace Operations

Webinar on Thursday, February 4, 2021 (1200–1315 GMT)
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Webinar Objectives

This online conversation will:

  1. Assess and expand understanding of the ways in which recent African Union-mandated or African Union-authorized peace operations have evolved to meet dynamic security challenges on the continent in recent years.
  2. Assess and expand understanding of the ways in which recent African Union-mandated or African Union-authorized peace operations have met or failed to meet their strategic objectives.
  3. Generate ideas, suggestions, and recommendations for how to improve the broader African regional security architecture based on these insights.

Panelists:

Cedric de Coning
Research Professor at Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development at NUPI

Martin Luther Agwai
Former General, Nigerian Armed Forces

Linda Darkwa
Senior Research Fellow, Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy