The EASF, which was established in 2007 and reached full operational capability in December 2015, is the product of several factors that have defined regional integration in the field of peace and security in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, including long-standing and continuing tensions between countries of the region and the threats to peace and security with internal wars, environmental degradation, terrorism, and unconstitutional changes of government notwithstanding. 

The WPS project enhances support to women peace-builders and women’s human rights defenders, integrating gender in risk reduction and humanitarian response, increasing the capacity of humanitarian actors on gender, and building women’s and girls’ resilience, including through economic empowerment and enhanced response to Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) stemming from insecurity in West Nile and Southwest regions.

António Guterres has urged the international community to continue pushing for a lasting ceasefire in Sudan, Khartoum.

During the meeting, all the member states of EASF were urged to fulfil their obligations towards enhancing African solutions for African problems.

The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of the Sudan, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has agreed...

The Republic of South Sudan has been admitted to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) as the 19th Summit of Heads...

Every time something comes to an end, something else begins. There is a growing concern that has attracted debates amongst...

The 42nd Extraordinary Assembly of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa, Heads of State and Government,...