The African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO) is a flagship convening of the Policy Center for the New South, alongside the Atlantic Dialogues and the Africa Economic Symposium. Held annually, APSACO brings together senior policymakers, security officials, military leaders, diplomats, and scholars for high-level strategic dialogue on Africa’s peace and security challenges.
Over two days, the Conference focuses on the structural drivers of conflict, evolving security dynamics, and the geopolitical forces shaping stability across the continent. Through rigorous and policy-oriented discussions, APSACO provides a space to confront perspectives, assess strategic choices, and engage with Africa’s security challenges in a complex international environment.
APSACO is closely articulated with the Annual Report on African Geopolitics (RAGA), which is officially presented on the eve of the Conference. Together, APSACO and the RAGA offer a coherent framework for understanding Africa’s security landscape and the geopolitical forces shaping its future.
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Over the past decade, the African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO) has emerged as a key platform for strategic dialogue on peace and security in Africa. By convening senior policymakers, military leaders, diplomats, security practitioners, and scholars, APSACO has provided a space to examine the structural drivers of conflict, in…
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The Policy Center for the New South will host the 9th edition of the African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO) on June 19–20, 2025. A conference fostering debate on peace and security in Africa, APSACO convenes policymakers, academics, civil society representatives and practitioners to engage in discussions on the c…
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The Policy Center for the New South is organizing the 8th edition of the African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO), which will be held this year under the theme “Mediation in African Internal Conflicts”. APSACO brings together experts from different parts of the world, fields, and professions to promote high-level conversations on peace…
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Post Conflict Reconstruction in Africa The Policy Center for the New South will organize the 7th edition of the African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO) on July 10-11, 2023, under the theme “Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa”. This annual conference provides a platform that allows for the analysis of Africa’s peace and…
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2021 was a year of global geopolitical disruption and geo-economic upheaval. As events gather momentum, the world enters a period of geopolitical and geo-economic transition; the end of one historical cycle foreshadowing the uncertain prospects of a new one. We are henceforth, in presence of a true global shift with multiple pressure points a…
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October 20th, 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the 1325 UN Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR1325). This resolution has the merit of giving a powerful impetus to strengthening the role of women in peace building, and making the international community more aware of the centrality of women in all…
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the global order across the globe including Africa. In fact, the pandemic is not just a health issue, the implications are far reaching on the socio-economic, political and security spheres; a development that poses the critical question on Africa’s ability to absorb the consequences of…
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The idea of a united Africa stems from the desire to take control of the economic, political and strategic destiny of African nations. The Organization of African Unity and then the African Union were created as a process of ownership of the continent's challenges, in a context of insecurity and governance crises. Faced with these internal ch…
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During the first two decades of the third millennium, the United Nations (UN) launched a peacekeeping reform process through reports, doctrines, initiatives, and institutional reforms. In the wake of this, Secretary-General António Guterres pledged to the Security Council on April 7, 2017 to improve United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (PKO…
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The African Union (AU), since its creation, has taken a predominant and active role in matters related to the continent. It therefore took an active stance in the definition of the economic and political destiny of African nations. To enable it to play such a preponderant role, the Union counts on an original institutional framework, an Afric…
