Djibouti, 6 June 2025. From 2 to 6 June 2025, the African Union (AU) Commission organized an  experts’ retreat  in Djibouti on the Mid-Term Strategic Evaluation of the AU Master Roadmap (AUMR) of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa. The Silencing the Guns Roadmap was adopted  by the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) during its Annual Retreat on the Review of its Working Methods  held in Lusaka, Zambia from 7 to 9 November 2016.

Ambassador Guelleh Idriss Omar, Director, Multiteral Relations at the Foreign Ministry of   host country,  as the Representative of the Republic of Djibouti, delivered welcome remarks.. H.E. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, AU High Representative on Silencing the Guns, opened the retreat on behalf of the AU Commission. Participating were  experts drawn from the five  geographic regions of the AU and officials of the AU Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department as well as AU ECOSOCC.

The meeting identified  achievements registered thus far in the implementation of the Roadmap, the gaps and the achallenges to be urgently addressed, and recommended key strategic priorities and activities for the remaining 5 years (2025 to 2030), which will be submitted for consideration and adoption by the AU PSC.

As a key priority for the first 10- Year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063, the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa is built around five key pillars: Political, Economic, Social, Legal, and Environmental. It defines roles for Member States, RECs/RMs, the AU Commission, civil society organizations, and international partners. Thus, it represents a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder framework anchored on Aspiration 4 of Agenda 2063, which calls for “A Peaceful and Secure Africa”, and lays out practical measures for eliminating the underlying root causes and factors that fuel violent conflicts and crises situations and seeks to build sustainable peace, security, stability and socio-economic development in Africa

For more information regarding this meeting, please kindly contact Mr. Ernest Nya Dolo, Coordinator of the AU Silencing the Guns Unit, located in the Political Affairs Peace and Security Department, AU Commission, through email address: DoleE@africa-union.org and Mobile Telephone Number : +251 938051473.

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