Training for Peace: TfP

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Hard times ahead for the African Union in The Gambia

Political tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic make the AU’s job in The Gambia more difficult.

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Keeping an eye on elections amid COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic poses a unique and complex threat to electoral processes across Africa.

Policy Brief

Bricks and blankets – not barrels and bombs

Transcending instability in Somalia

DEVELOPING AU PEACE OPERATIONS CAPACITIES

Established in 1995, TfP is funded by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The TfP is based on a unique North-South-South cooperation where activities are carried out mainly by African partner institution

TfP has worked, through civil society institutions, to strengthen African civilian and police capacity for peace operations

Celebrating 25 years of the Training for Peace programme, an international programme that contributes towards capacity building within the broader ambit of peace operations in Africa.

Latest Publications

Bricks and blankets – not barrels and bombs

By Dr Jide Martyns Okeke

COVID-19 and the African Union

By Cedric de Coning

Toward a more effective UN-AU partnership on conflict prevention and crisis management

By Daniel Forti and Priyal Singh

A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP

The programme is based on a unique north-south-south cooperation. The current partner institutions are the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes and Institute for Security Studies in South Africa and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP

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TfP OVERVIEW

The establishment of the African Standby Force and its Rapid Deployment Capability under the framework of the African Peace and Security Architecture has been instrumental to the development of practices and capacities of african-led peace operations.