COMMUNIQUÉ
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 1360th meeting held on 12 August 2026 on "progress made in the Silencing the Guns in Africa Roadmap: Revitalization";
The Peace and Security Council,
Recalling Assembly Decision [Assembly/AU/Dec.630(XXVIII)] through which the 28th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, held in Addis Ababa, from 30 to 31 January 2017 endorsed the AU Master Roadmap (AUMR) of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020; and Decision [Assembly/AU/Dec.843(XXXVI)] adopted by the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its 36th Ordinary Session, held in Addis Ababa, from 18 to 19 February 2023, through which the Assembly extended the duration of the AUMR implementation to 2030 and underlined the responsibility of Member States to fully implement the relevant AU normative frameworks and instruments;
Also recalling the AU Declaration on Silencing the Guns in Africa adopted in Johannesburg in 2020, as well as all previous decisions and pronouncements of Council towards Silencing the Guns in Africa, in particular Communiqué [PSC/PR/COMM.1252 (2024)], adopted at its 1252nd meeting held on 18 December 2024;
Faithful to the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the PSC of the AU; and the commitment to the implementation of Agenda 2063, the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), the African Governance Architecture (AGA), the AUMR, the AU Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Policy, the Common African Defence and Security Policy (CADSP), the Tunis Declaration on a Code of Conduct for Inter-African Relations, the direct connection between peace, security, governance, humanitarian support and development;
Take note of the opening remarks by H.E. Dr. Ambassador Mohamed Khaled, Permanent Representative of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to the AU and Chairperson of the PSC for the month of August 2026; the briefing by H.E. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, AU High Representative for Silencing the Guns in Africa; the statement by H.E. Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security (WPS); Representatives of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs); and