AU pushes for ‘proactive diplomacy’ to secure peace

The AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (CAPS), Bankole Adeoye, made the call in Accra yesterday when he delivered the public lecture, “Proactive Diplomacy as Africa’s First Line of Peace”, at the launch and strategy session of the African Diplomatic Institutes Network (AfDIN).

THE African Union (AU) has called for a fundamental rethinking of African diplomacy to respond to new threats such as artificial intelligence, drones, climate change and cyber warfare, stressing that “proactive diplomacy” must become the continent’s first line of peace.

He said AfDIN was intended to build an African-centric curriculum anchored on “Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want”, and on the AU’s two main architectural frameworks — the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and the African Governance Architecture (AGA).