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The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) was launched in June 2006 amid much fanfare and measured optimism. It was conceived as an institutional framework through which a greater degree of coherence would be achieved in peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. On 10 March 2008, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peace-building Support, Carolyn McAskie, briefed the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, reiterating the significance of the PBC to Africa. Indeed, the first four countries on the PBC's agenda are African -- Burundi, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, and Central African Republic -- and seven African countries serve as members of the PBC's organisational committee. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Author Bio -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. The African Union: A Decade and a Half Later -- Pan-Africanism and a Global Order in Transition -- The African Union and the Quest for Improved Governance, Security and Development -- Africa and its External Partners -- Structure of the Book -- Part I. Pan-Africanism: From the OAU to the AU -- 1. The African Union and the Renaissance of Pan-Africanism -- The Concept of Pan-Africanism -- The Case for Pan-Africanism -- The OAU and Pan-Africanism -- The Case for 'New' Pan-Africanism and the African Union -- Breaking with the Past -- Challenges -- The Way Forward -- Conclusion -- 2. Pan-Africanism and the African Diaspora -- General Movements of Pan-Africanism -- 3. The Africa Group at the United Nations: Pan-Africanism on the Retreat -- Pan-African Origins of the Africa Group -- Mandate and Composition of the Africa Group -- Role of the African Union and its Relationship with the Africa Group -- Challenges and Achievements of the Africa Group -- Internal Challenges of the Africa Group -- Enhancing the Working Relationship Between the African Union and the United Nations -- Conclusion -- Part II Governance, Security and Development -- 4. The Evolving African Governance Architecture -- Conception/Theory of Governance in Africa -- Historical Context -- The African Governance Architecture (AGA): Origins and Evolution -- Operationalisation of the African Governance Architecture -- Synergy Between the African Governance and Peace and Security Architectures -- Complementarity Between the AGA and NEPAD -- Conclusion -- 5. The African Union: Regional and Global Challenges -- Mission of the African Union -- Institutions of the African Union -- The AU Commission.

This article argues that transitional justice processes should strive to incorporate development considerations in their scope as a means of ensuring that distributive justice is achieved. Distributive injustices – social, political, economic or cultural rights violations – are often the root causes of conflict, but transitional justice processes often do not give sufficient attention to them. This has been the case in countries such as South Africa, Kenya, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Through an examination of truth commissions in Africa, the article argues that without adequate acknowledgement of the conceptual and practical synergies between transitional justice and development, transitional justice will have limited remedial utility as a means for contributing to sustainable peace.

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- The editors and contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Election financing and violence: Implications for transitional justice in Nigeria, Kenya and Sierra Leone -- 2. The media and electoral violence in Kenya and Nigeria: Holding journalists accountable in transitional justice processes -- 3. Electoral systems, election outcomes and legal frameworks: Challenges to transitional justice processes in South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda -- 4. Youth and electoral violence in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Establishing political accountability in transitional justice contexts -- 5. Women in politics: Gender, security and transitional justice in electoral processes in Africa -- 6. Electoral observation and transitional justice in Southern Africa: A comparative analysis of Zimbabwe and Angola -- 7. The International Criminal Court and electoral justice in Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire -- 8. Transitional justice and the mitigation of electoral violence through the Amani Mashinani model in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya -- 9. Electoral processes as platforms for transitional justice: Rethinking governance systems in Africa -- Conclusion: Elections, transitional justice and the way forward -- Index.

Written by eminent scholars on Africa and practitioners who have worked in or with the African Union (AU), this report brings together the analysis and research of 17 largely Pan-African scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and civil society representatives. A particularly timely and welcome addition to the pioneering literature about this young and potentially powerful institution, this analysis presents a positive but realistic picture of the AU while diagnosing several key challenges, including Africa's security and governance problems

- Conflict Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect in Africa, Kenneth Mpyisi and Tim Murithi - Whose Responsibility to Protect? Reflection on the Dynamics of an 'Abandoned Disorder' in Somalia, Sadiki Koko - The Responsibility to Protect, as Enshrined in Article 4 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, Tim Murithi - Critical Analysis of Africa's Experiments with Hybrid Missions and Security Collaboration, Timothy Othieno and Nhamo Samasuwo - Security Alerts and their Impacts on Africa, Wafula Okumu - Trends and markers: Global Peace Index - Peace, Security and the African Peer Review Mechanism: Are the Tools up to the Task?, Steven Gruzd - The Pitfalls of Action and Inaction: Civilian Protection in MONUC's Peacekeeping Operations, Joshua Marks - Pursuing Sustainable Peace Through Post-conflict Peacebuilding: The Case of Sierra Leone, Theo Neethling - Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Mechanisms in West Africa: A Critical Assessment of Progress, Issaka K Souaré - Historical Duty or Pragmatic Interest? Notes on EU and AU Security Issues, Norbert Tóth - Greasing the Wheels of Reconciliation in the Great Lakes Region, Joseph Yav Katshung