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    Dynamics of Agenda Setting and Interventions by The Au Psc: the Cases of Mozambique, Libya and Somalia
    (Addis Ababa Unversity, 2023-05) Ftsum Hailu; Mercy Fekadu (Ph.D.)
    The argument of this thesis focuses on the dynamics of agenda setting and interventions by the AU-PSC with highlighting on three case studies in different conflict situations by region namely the State of Libya, The Federal Republic of Somalia and Republic of Mozambique. The PSC has tremendously working on the issues of conflict in the continent that have a varied nature in causes and operational elements in responding to them. Since the 1990s the situation in the Republic of Somalia has been deteriorating from time to time where it leads the African union to intervene through African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The Libyan case traces itself back to 2011 where the mission of NATO against the leader of the African Arab state Muhammad Gadahfi launched and put Libya in crisis. The African Union responded to a very minimal extent and left the case to internationally being treated until the present day. Even recently, the Libyan case is majorly seen as agenda of four major actors such as the AU, EU, the Arab League and the United Nations; internationally tuned agenda. Mozambique is another case where the AU and the RECs/RMs are interchangeably responsible actors in dealing with the crisis in the northern part of the country. This paper therefore argues on the selectivity in agenda setting norms of the PSC along with the delay in interventions to conflicts in the continent Africa by examining different the nature and involvement of several actors and factors in its operational setup. It further discusses the dynamics of the Peace and Security Council and the Regional Economic Communities (PSC-RECs) and how it tunes the agenda setting and intervention in relation to the regional politics and security dynamics. In this paper, what factors are driving to the selectivity in agenda of the PSC and the delay in intervention are also briefly discussed. The methodological approach the researcher used in this thesis falls under the qualitative research design along with exploring concepts through theoretical lenses to examine the institutional and operationalization of the PSC in drawing the agenda and intervention trends. This thesis used primary and secondary sources to help the researcher draw the conclusion.