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Meet #WANEP’s New Executive Director! Mrs Levinia Addae-Mensah brings 30 years of experience in peace and security to her new role. We are excited to see her lead us into a new chapter!

As we conclude AU consultations on climate & security on a high note, our strategies must be robust. Climate financing for adaptation & mitigation is essential for peacebuilding, enhancing resilience & ensuring human security & our peace efforts must integrate climate sensitivity

Fruitful wrap-up of the #AU Member States’ Consultation on a CAP on climate & security, establishing key principles & priorities & advancing a unified stance. Dr. Sarjoh Bah underlined the significance of African ownership & leadership in shaping the climate security agenda.

We are encouraged by the progress we made jointly with African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security #RECs #RMs & #MemberStates in developing a Common African Position on #ClimateChange #Peace & #Security (CAP-CPS) through understanding the Nexus & evidence based responses #SADC #EarlyWarningSystem #DataCollection

As #ElNino-induced droughts become a daily reality in #Zimbabwe and across southern #Africa, the time to act is now. By investing today, we can mitigate the impact and be ready when the next drought hits. Together, we can achieve #ZeroHunger. #ClimateAction

In partnership w/ SADC Secretariat ACCORD UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs we just concluded a 3day workshop w/ #SADC #Youth Ministries-Ntnl Yth Councils & CSOs to develop a Regional #YPS Strategy. The wrkshp enhanced Knowledge & explored strategies to advance the YPS agenda regional & national level

CSOs are missing from key decision-making in policy organs. The APSA must recognize that CSOs offer solutions to Africa’s peace and security challenges. They’re not a problem to solve, but a voice to be heard - Dr Oita Etyang, COMESA Secretariat, COMESA Governance, Peace and Security

Opening Statements! "Africa’s problem is being reactive to issues, thus not addressing them at the latent stages. The CSVRA process is aimed at building the resilience of the country and COMESA is here to support” - Dr Oita Etyang, #Head of GPS at COMESA Secretariat Amb. Dr. Mohamed Kadah EU Delegation to AU

Taye A, rep of African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security on behalf of Sarjoh Bah, Director CM at African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security appreciated Malawi’s readiness towards the CSVRA process, & underscored the need to find ways of sustaining resilience & mitigating vulnerabilities “The process & its leadership is a burden on the Bureau”

As part of the #SAMIDRC Mandate, the #SAMIDRC Force Maritime continues to cooperate with the Security Forces of DRC to ensure the security and Protection of Civilians in Lake Kivu, North Kivu, Goma. #SAMIDRC Force Maritime collaborated with the DRC Army Navy (FARDC Navy) in the

We note with concern the tragic Shooting of #AlvinoDias & #PauloGaumbe in #Maputo #Mozambique. The incident has the propensity to violently escalate the already volatile electoral contestation. #MozambiqueElection SADC Secretariat Moussa Faki Mahamat António Guterres #Peace

Today in Gaborone🇧🇼, we kicked off a 6-day training for #CSOs in Southern Africa on the new #CSOs_Led_Regional_Early_Warning_System (REWS). In collaboration with African Union, WANEP_Regional, SAPPC - CEWS 🕊 & UNITAR, we aim for inclusive conflict prevention and lasting peace!☮️

The African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security, in collaboration with the Office of the UN HighCommissioner for #HumanRights & UNITAR organized "Human Rights in Early Warning" – Course for CSO members of the Southern Africa Partnership for the Prevention of Conflict (SAPPC) from 26-28 Feb 2025 in Gaborone, 🇧🇼.

The training was done under the framework of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) supported AU-WorldBank-UN Joint Programme (2023-2025) for Mainstreaming Human Rights into Early Warning.

Midway through our training for #CSOs in Southern Africa on CSOs-led Regional Early Warning System for #ConflictPrevention. Participants covered ✔️#HumanRights Based Approach to Early Warning✔️data collection and ✔️ensuring #inclusivity in conflict prevention! 🕊️

The training for CSOs in Southern Africa on the newly designed CSOs-Led Regional Early Warning System for #ConflictPrevention concludes!🎊 African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security SAPPC - CEWS 🕊 WANEP_Regional SADC Secretariat COMESA Governance, Peace and Security UNITAR

In the last 3 days of the 6-day training, the #CSOs dived deeper to familiarise themselves with the new system and customize it to the specific needs of their region. WANEP_Regional shared its experience in #conflict early warning system with SAPPC - CEWS 🕊 member CSOs.