Dynamics of Agenda Setting and Interventions by The Au Psc: the Cases of Mozambique, Libya and Somalia
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2023-05
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Addis Ababa Unversity
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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.
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African Union. Peace and Security Council, Agenda Setting, Intervention, Conflict, Regional Economic Communities