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The picture shows ANCIP members from Leipzig (S.E. Warnck, V.J. Schober, U. Engel) and El-Ghassim Wane, on the market square in Leipzig, smiling into the camera.

New ANCIP Fellow El-Ghassim Wane in Leipzig

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El-Ghassim Wane, former head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been this fall’s ANCIP fellow at Leipzig University. Among others, Wane is a former UN assistant secretary-general peacekeeping, former chief advisor to the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), and director peace and security at the AUC. He spend his time in Leipzig writing policy briefs and background papers on peacekeeping and discussing with our PhD students working on the African peace and security architecture.

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New Report by Dimpho Deleglise on Special Envoys

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In recent years, peace missions by the African Union (AU) and various African regional organizations have increasingly relied on the use of special envoys. These envoys are tasked with advancing peace processes in conflict-prone regions, aiming to strengthen African and local solutions over international interventions. However, the diplomatic interventions conducted by African special envoys have been insufficiently explored in academic research. The practical implementation of these interventions, as well as the necessary social, institutional, and contextual conditions for their success, remain underexplored.

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Onyinye Nkechi Onwuka on the left talking to Camille Vern (ANCIP) on the right in a conference situation.

Research Stay at African Union Headquarters, Camille Vern

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Camille Vern, research fellow and PhD candidate at ANCIP, conducted research at the headquarters of the African Union from the beginning of August until the end of November 2023. During her time in Addis Ababa, she met with relevant stakeholders at the AU, experts on mediation and preventive diplomacy, as well as representatives of partners of the continental institution.

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