Wishing you Happy Holidays NUPI @ACCORD ISS

🌍 📚1/2: Looking back at 2024: We present this 2-part video highlight of our key publications produced by our Partners ACCORD ISS NUPI, thanks to Norway MFA

🎉🆕 Excited to announce the official launch of 7 knowledge products. #TfP supported the dev’t of 5 out of the 7 products as part of its instn’al support to @_African Union. Norway MFA Norway | African Union Dawit Yohannes

Commissioner Amb. Bankole Adeoye launching the African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security knowledge products at the 2025 Statutory Political meeting of the AGA-APSA Platform, today 11 February 2025.

Without secure #AUSSOM funding, advances made against al-Shabaab in #Somalia may be reversed. That would be bad for Somalia, Africa and the US. ISS Today on the new peace mission’s funding problem. issafrica.org/iss-today/fund…

Youth council members from across #Ethiopia are in Hawassa for a training on Youth Leadership in Peace and Security. The training aims to empower young leaders to take the lead in advancing the Youth, Peace and Security (#YPS) agenda in #Ethiopia as per #UNSC resolution 2250.

The first panel, moderated by Dr. Dawit Yohanne, Senior Researcher at ISS, is diving into the #FutureofPeacekeeping—exploring new models and capabilities based on a commissioned study by UN Peacekeeping. This study was conducted at the request of Germany and other

Thank you all for coming to our event - great to see so many engaged in this essential discussion 🕊️🌍🙌

Council also received updates from #RECs/#RMs (#ECOWAS, #ECCAS), and experts on #SSR progress, challenges, and 10 yrs of #AU support. Briefings included insights from ISS studies and statements by SRSG & Head of UN Office to the African Union - UNOAU Parfait Onanga-Anyanga . 3/5

4/4 🔁 To sustain the momentum, African Union, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of #Ethiopia 🇪🇹 & Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute announced -the next #AIforAfrica Dialogue will be held in Feb 2026, on the margins of #AUSummit in Addis Ababa 🇪🇹. Africa’s AI journey has begun, strategic, inclusive& unapologetically forward-looking❕

I spoke with ISS about current US views on UN Peacekeeping: "The US did not issue any pledges at the Berlin summit. This was an unusual, but perhaps not unexpected, decision ... parts of the current administration appear to dismiss UN peacekeeping in its entirety.

📸Now open! #PeacekeepersDay Photo Exhibition African Union Julius Nyerere Building from 29 May-9 June, organized by African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security UN Office to the African Union - UNOAU ISS, the exhibition honours AU & UN peacekeepers & their role in advancing peace in Africa 🕊️🌍#PKDay

#PeacekeepersDay | Honoring #AU & #UN peacekeepers and their vital role in advancing peace across #Africa. Today, we also recognize the immense contributions of African Member States to UN peacekeeping—two of the top five troop-contributing countries are African.

At the closing ceremony of the #PKDay Photo Exhibition African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security: “Peace is fundamental to progress. Those who keep it, make it & uphold it deserve our constant respect and recognition.” Comm. Amb. Bankole Adeoye

🌍🎉 30 Years of Impact 🎉🌍 1/ For 3 decades, the Norway MFA has supported the #TfP Programme! With ACCORD ISS NUPI, TfP has advanced African-led peace & security efforts. 🕊️Norway | African Union

2/: We remain committed to supporting the African Union to promote and protect human rights, Rule of Law, good governance + peace and security for all its citizens. #TfP30PeaceInAction Norway | African Union African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security Amb. Bankole Adeoye @karishmad Dawit Yohannes Cedric de Coning Dr Andrew E. Poku-Yaw Tchie Sarjoh Bah

Happening now: Informal dialogue on the Review of UN Peace Operations with the expert and policy community in Addis Ababa organised by Amani Afirca jointly with ISS Institute for Peace and Security Studies & NUPI. This Informal dialogue aims to provide inputs to the review process from the

In Oslo, Norway today: TfP partners, ACCORD ISS NUPI, met to chart a strategic way forward for Phase VII of TfP w/Norway MFA for sustained impact in strengthening Africa’s peace & sec’ty agenda. #TfP30PeaceInAction

2/2 The new team consisting of a Senior Police Adviser and a Police Adviser started in #Nairobi , 🇰🇪, then went to #AddisAbaba , 🇪🇹, then to #Accra , 🇬🇭, and are now in #Freetown , 🇸🇱. They have so far had meetings with ISS , the #AU 🌍, among others. #GoFarGoTogether