Rwanda Chairs AU Peace and Security Council (PSC)

Rwanda is this month chairing the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union. The chair rotates on a monthly basis between PSC members. 

The PSC has 15 member countries, elected among AU members to serve a two-year term. Its current composition is: Angola, Algeria, Burundi, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Morocco, Rwanda, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Zimbabwe. 

Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Hope Tumukunde Gasatura will lead discussions of the body during the month of May as it considers matters such as the peace process in the Central African Republic (CAR), the mandate of AMISOM in Somalia, and the threat posed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).