Morocco has called for placing prevention at the heart of African peace and security action during the preparatory meeting of the 26th Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), dedicated to strengthening conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms in Africa, held in Luanda this weekend.
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita who launched the call emphasized the need to tackle the root causes of conflicts by placing the peace-security-development nexus at the heart of the continent’s preventive action, and called to further invest into factors that produce sustainable peace.
The official who noted that Morocco fully supports this session’s orientation and objectives pointed out that the implementation of the Luanda action plan must go through coherence between the African Union and the United Nations and remain a guiding principle.
Bourita stressed further that through this Extraordinary meeting, Morocco reaffirms its commitment by positively hosting the ambition driven by the Luanda action plan and its implementation matrix. He considered that the financing mechanisms must strictly adhere to the Union’s budget procedures.
This extraordinary session, held under the banner of strengthening and operationalizing the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) with a view to creating “a peaceful and secure Africa,” takes place in accordance with the decision of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, held in February 2026, calling for a summit in Luanda on the theme of strengthening conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms in Africa and their financing.