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Meeting Notes - September 15, 2010
African Institutions in a Changing Regional and Global Security Environment
Carla De Ycaza, rapporteur
This meeting note captures the insights and experiences shared by representatives from the AU, UN, and related academic think tanks at the fifteenth annual IPI New York Seminar, which had a principal focus on the emergence and evolution of a new African peace and security architecture for the continent. 
Policy Papers - July 02, 2010
Election-Related Disputes and Political Violence in Africa
AU Panel of the Wise
Elections are the hallmark of representative democracy, allowing the people’s regular input in choices about leaders and policy. Yet they are also competitive processes, unleashing conflict and tensions that, if not constructively managed, could potentially destabilize the fabric of states and societies.
Meeting Notes - January 29, 2010
Operationalizing the African Standby Force
Mashood Issaka and Elijah Dickens Mushemeza, rapporteurs
In Kigali, Rwanda last year, the International Peace Institute, the African Union, and the United Nations convened a high-level African civilian and military leaders’ retreat to discuss the challenges surrounding the operationalization of the African Standby Force.
Policy Papers - November 25, 2009
Pursuing the Lord's Resistance Army
Ronald R. Atkinson
In 2008, the Ugandan military pursued the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a northern Ugandan rebel group, into neighboring Congo during the military incursion known as “Operation Lightning Thunder.”
Policy Papers - February 13, 2009
West Africa: Governance and Security in a Changing Region
Abdel-Fatau Musah
The fourth installment of a five-part series focusing on African subregions, "West Africa: Governance and Security in a Changing Region" examines subregional capacity to respond to the challenges facing West Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
About This Program
Established in 1992, the Africa Program examines the capacity of Africa's regional and sub-regional organizations to prevent and respond to existing and emerging security challenges on the continent. Its primary objective is to deepen knowledge about Africa's crises, draw international attention to them, and contribute to the enhancement of institutional capacities in peace and security. In this regard, the Program works closely with the African Union, regional economic communities, the United Nations, the European Union and other partners and states to explore policy options for capacity building in sustainable peace, stability, and development.
Program Staff
The Global Observatory
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One year after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak, there is waning hope that Egypt is undergoing a democratic transformation.
Key Global Events in February
A list of key upcoming meetings and events with implications for global affairs.
The Global Observatory is a new website by IPI, providing timely analysis on peace and security issues, interviews with leading policymakers, interactive maps, and more.