ISS Today: Repositioning the AU’s role in countering terror By ISS Today issafrica
Early in March, senior African Union and United Nations officials gathered in Mogadishu to review the AU Mission in Somalia . This was the fifth such review since 2013, as the two organisations seek to gradually transfer primary security responsibilities from Amisom to Somalia’s security forces.
A peace support operation is different to counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations, although in practice the two haven’t been clearly differentiated. This confusion is evident in the way the AU has characterised and deployed counter-terrorism operations. The problem can be attributed to the absence of a multilateral definition of terrorism.
By repositioning its role in authorising or deploying counter-terrorism operations, the AU could reassert its legitimacy – not least by better supporting its member states in their own security approaches to counter-terrorism. Such support could be through political authorisation; force generation of swift capabilities; sourcing predictable funding from multiple stakeholders; and supporting early recovery and stabilisation after offensive operations.
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