Departments
Affaires politiques, paix et sécurité (PAPS)
Commissioner
Amb. Bankole Adeoye (Nigeria) was re-elected to head the Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) department. In March 2021, he became the first Commissioner to lead the amalgamated Political Affairs, Peace and Security portfolios, which had hitherto, been two separate departments. He previously served as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA and Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti. He has also served as Chief of Staff for the African Union Development Agency (AUDA- NEPAD); Director of Corporate Services, and Coordinator, Partnerships & External Relations, as well as the Director in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Structure
Le Département Paix et Sécurité (DSP) soutient le Conseil de paix et de sécurité (CPS) dans l'exe
The African Union Commission’s Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD), alternatively referred t
Le Département Affaires politiques est chargé de promouvoir, faciliter, coord
HARDP seeks to provide continental direction to the achievement of durable solutions for addressi
Activities
The newly elected African Union Commission Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and the Commissioners have assumed office
The African Union Commission (AUC), the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) secretariat, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the SADC Humanitarian Operations Centre (SHOC)
The 2025 Statutory Political Meeting of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) – African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) Platform hosted a High-Level Panel discussion on Sudan on the theme Sudan’s Costly war towards a peaceful resolution: the role of AU organs, RECs and RMs to improve coordinated intervention? on 11 February 2025.
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 1256th Emergency Ministerial meeting held on 28 January 2025 on the Recent Developments in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC);
Le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine (CUA) Son Excellence Monsieur (SEM.) Moussa Faki MAHAMAT a bien voulu dépêcher une Mission d’Observation Électorale de l’Union Africaine (MOEUA) afin d’observer les Élections Législatives du 12 janvier 2025 à l’Union des Comores.
février 15, 2025
On the sidelines of the 38th African Union (AU) Summit, this high-level platform will focus on strengthening innovative partnerships to sustain and expand the Peace Fund.
février 14, 2025
The meeting will be chaired by H. E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and Chairperson of the AU PSC for February 2025.
février 14, 2025
The signing ceremony of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation by Libyan stakeholders, as part of the African Union’s ongoing efforts to support the peace and reconciliation process in Libya.
décembre 18, 2024 to décembre 20, 2024
novembre 06, 2024 to novembre 07, 2024
The media is an indispensable player for sustainable development and peace building. Yet, the levels of impunity and rising cases of violations against journalists and media workers erodes the rights to freedom of expression and opinion, access to information, assembly and association.
avril 13, 2023 to avril 22, 2023
janvier 15, 2021 to février 28, 2021
juillet 13, 2020
Media
Ressources
juillet 10, 2024
septembre 19, 2020
The African Union Commission (AUC) envisions “an integrated continent that is politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism an
juin 24, 2020
Highlights of the cooperation with the GIZ-project “Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement”
juin 24, 2020
Violent extremism is a global issue.
décembre 19, 2024
juillet 10, 2024