SA elected to African Union’s Peace and Security Council

By Mark Ogagan

South Africa has been elected as member of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union to serve a two-year term, beginning 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2028.

This was confirmed during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union held in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday.

South Africa was elected alongside the Kingdom of Lesotho to represent the Southern region for the two available seats.

Ronald Lamola (Pictured), South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation and head of the country’s delegation, formally welcomed the election on behalf of the government.

“This election reaffirms South Africa’s role in fostering a more resilient continent, Minister Lamola stated:

“To achieve the goals of Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, we have to exert more efforts on peacemaking and peace building in our Continent.”

The Republic of South Africa thanks the AU Member States for their confidence and reaffirms its commitment to work constructively with the entire membership of the AUPSC in addressing the many peace and security challenges that bedevil our Continent.

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