• Kenya won another term at the 34th Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February last year against Ethiopia and Sudan.
NAIROBI – Kenya will focus on the Covid-19 pandemic, security challenges in the Horn of Africa, the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin, peacekeeping missions across the continent and advancing Agenda 2063 as it chairs the AU Peace and Security Council starting this April.
Kenya won another term at the 34th Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February last year after contesting for the position with Ethiopia and Sudan.
According to the Kenya Mission to the United Nations, these will be the country’s priorities for the new three-year term it will be at the helm.
This year’s theme is Silencing the guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development.
Kenya was re-elected to the 15-member council, garnering 37 votes.
The 15 PSC slots are shared on the principle of equitable regional representation with three seats allocated to Central African countries, three to East African states, two set aside for Northern Africa, three for Southern Africa, and four shared among Western African nations.
The core mandate of the council is the prevention of conflicts that may lead to crimes against humanity, peace-making, peace-building and peace-support missions.
The 812th meeting of the PSC in Addis Ababa, the Council announced renewed efforts in the fight against terrorism while urging for continent-wide support to address the influx of Foreign Terrorist Fighters.
“The Council requests the Commission, in cooperation with member states, to urgently compile a continental list composed of a database of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts, including FTFs,” the 15-member council stated in a communiqué dated November 23, 2018.
