This book analyses the role of the African Union and regional economic communities in contributing to peacebuilding in Africa. Drawing together an international team of prominent experts, this will interest researchers, policymakers, NGOs, activists, regional and international actors of African politics, security, governance, and economics.

Redie Bereketeab, PhD, is associate professor of sociology. Currently he works as senior researcher at the Nordica Africa Institute. He run a research project on conflict and state building in the Horn of Africa. His latest publications include National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa (2019), Alternatives to Neoliberal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Africa (2021), Historical Sociology of Nation formation in the Horn of Africa (2023), Recent Developments in Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa (2023). His research interests expand across political sociology, development sociology, African studies, conflict, peacebuilding, regional integration, RECs, nation formation, state formation. ORCID: 0000-0002-4378-1893

Introduction: Synthesising AU-RECs Linkages in the Context of Peacebuilding in Africa? PART I: AU, RECs AND PEACEBUILDINGING IN AFRICA: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION AU and RECs: An Alchemy of Theoretical and Conceptual Debases on Peacebuilding Academic Knowledge Production on AU/RECs Peacebuilding PART II: AMU AND PEACEBUILDING IN THE ARAB MAGHREB REGION The Arab Maghreb Union: An Illusory Dream? The Arab Maghreb Union Still Lagging Behind in Peacebuilding in Africa Part III: ECCAS AND PEACEBUILDING IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REGION Assessing ECCAS's Peacebuilding Initiative in the Central African Sub-Region: From Where to Where ECCAS in Peacebuilding in Central Africa PART IV: ECOWAS AND PEACEBUILDING IN THE WEST AFRICAN REGION ECOWAS and Peacebuilding in the West African Region Democracy as a Peacebuilding Tool in West Africa: In Search of Holistic ECOWAS Response to Coup Resurgence PART V: IGAD AND PEACEBUILDING IN THE GREATER HORN REGION The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Peacebuilding in the Horn of Africa: Programmes, Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects Peacebuilding in IGAD Region: Between Policy and Practice PART VI: SADC AND PEACEBUILDING IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGION SADC and Peacebuilding in the Southern African Region Towards an Integrative Regional Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Infrastructure in the SADC Region: A Policy Proposition