The appointment of a head and a deputy head of the AU’s newly formed Institutional Reforms Unit this month is an important step forward in increasing the organization’s effectiveness.
The withdrawal of the UN mission is an important indicator that peacebuilding is now more in the hands of Sierra Leone nationals, and there is a lot of work still to be done.
At the heart of the issue is a governance vacuum that allows armed groups to control the flow of migrants in and out of Libya, presenting a unique challenge for governments in North and West Africa and EU policymakers.
In a conflict marked by incessant violence and a lack of political will—armed groups are present in 14 of the16 country’s provinces —United Nations officers often get trapped in a vicious circle of negativity that makes it extremely difficult to apply the…
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