“This book is about the civilian dimension of African Peace Operations. It is a summary of the work that the African Union (AU) Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) has done to date to develop the civilian dimension of AU Peace operations, primarily through the development of the African Standby force (ASF). The book contains all the major policy documents relevant to the civilian dimension of the ASF, and thus serves, in one volume, as a stocktaking of what has been done to develop the civilian dimension of the ASF.”
