Solomon Dersso, PhD
@SolomonADersso
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Founder @africa_amani. Chairman 2019-21 & member @achpr_cadhp, AU’s lead rights body. Adj Prof @UCT_news. Alum @UPTuks @WitsUniversity & @ETH_en. PERSONAL.
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Joined January 2012
The baobab tree of our family has fallen. The tree that sheltered me with its shade. The tree that fed me its fruits. The tree that taught me how to keep the leaves and the branches together.
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📢A key highlight of the Joint AU Peace and Security Council Chairperson for November 2025, @UNOAU_ and Amani Africa policy dialogue on the ‘State of Peacebuilding in Africa: opportunities for a closer relationship between the African Union and the UN Peacebuilding Architecture’
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The contribution of the joint @africa_amani, #PSC Chairperson for November & @UNOAU_ for the @_AfricanUnion #PCRD month and the annual PSC and Peacebuilding Commission consultative meeting through the policy dialogue was received with huge turn out & rich substantive exchnages on
Happening now: It’s fullhouse at the high-level policy forum on the ‘State of Peacebuilding in #Africa: Opportunities for Closer #AU-#UN Peacebuilding Architecture.’ Our Founding Director @SolomonADersso set the stage followed with insightful discussions from the panelists, led
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Honored to take part in today’s high-level dialogue on “State of Peacebuilding in Africa: Opportunities for a Closer AU–UN Partnership” alongside AU and UN colleagues. @SolomonADersso @ElizabethSpehar @parfait_onanga @GermanAmbUN_NY
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📢NEWS: The elected 10 members of the UN Security Council presented a joint statement during the Council's open debate on its working methods held on 14 November 2025. Of particular significance in the statement was the emphasis put on 'the urgent need for comprehensive reform
Groundbreaking statement at the @UN Security Council by the ten elected members (E10) — Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Somalia. The E10 underscore the urgent need for comprehensive reform of the Security
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@africa_amani @SolomonADersso thank you so much for having us today! We look forward to working with you once again for re-energizing multilateralism!
It was great as usual to welcome our friend @ToruSugio527 Chargé d’Affaires @mission_japan to discuss recent developments. We are happy to discuss follow-up collaboration on on our last two years of annual joint project around reform of the multilateral system including the UN.
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If there are articles you should read for this weekend on Africa, let this be one of them. Abdul's take on Pan-Africanism is a gem.
📢In the latest Ideas Indaba, Abdul Mohammed, one of the most seasoned diplomats and prolific analyst of African politics and security, makes a compelling case both for Pan-Africanism as the only political project that offers Africa the possibility of collective dignity and
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📢In the latest Ideas Indaba, Abdul Mohammed, one of the most seasoned diplomats and prolific analyst of African politics and security, makes a compelling case both for Pan-Africanism as the only political project that offers Africa the possibility of collective dignity and
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📢Why the @_AfricanUnion needs to change its policy approach on the #Sahel countries of #BurkinaFaso
#Mali & #Niger Critiquing the policy approach on the Sahel countries as deeply flawed due to its singular focus on coups and restoration of constitutional order, this edition of
Tomorrow (13 November), the African Union @_AfricanUnion Peace and Security Council #PSC will hold an informal consultation with countries in political transition—namely #BurkinaFaso, #Guinea, #Mali, #Niger, and #Sudan. Check out our latest 'Insight on the PSC' to get more
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🚨 Yesterday, addressing the UN Security Council on #SouthSudan, our Founding Executive Director @SolomonADersso, called for urgent and decisive preventive action to halt South Sudan’s dangerous downward spiral and prevent a relapse into full-scale conflict. His briefing
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Many thanks again Amb @MichaelKanuSL 🙏🏾. Particularly pleased to be associated with Sierra Leone's tenure in & Presidency of the UNSC, which demonstrated, including through your exemplary leadership, how projecting Africa's voice is a matter of dedication, vision & competence.
Very instructive and comprehensive briefing by @africa_amani Executive Director @SolomonADersso with specific African perspective, insights and valuable recommendations to the Council. With deep thanks for agreeing to brief and the important work with the @_AfricanUnion Peace
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Very instructive and comprehensive briefing by @africa_amani Executive Director @SolomonADersso with specific African perspective, insights and valuable recommendations to the Council. With deep thanks for agreeing to brief and the important work with the @_AfricanUnion Peace
📢NEW: @africa_amani's Exec Director @SolomonADersso briefed the UN Security Council earlier today on #SouthSudan. He told the UNSC 'South Sudan is at a very dangerous crossroad. The country shows all the signs of a clear and present danger of relapsing back to full scale violent
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As the two days conference comes to a close, our senior researcher @TefesehetHailu makes a powerful closing remark drawing out the emerging themes using the football metaphor that Dr @GHessebon used at the start of the session in setting the tone for the conference with his
🚨Spotlight session up next | Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy and #GlobalGovernance
@cy_chigwenya, Moeletsi Mbeki (@SAIIA_info) and @tighistiamare discuss Africa’s strategic moment to turn leverage into impact Watch live via Zoom:
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In a world no longer a 2-team league like La Liga, nor a one-club dominated show as in French Ligue 1 but a world order like English Premier League in which several clubs compete, each with chance of victory, 'Africa must not be a bystander or a prize in someone else's contest.'
📢NEW: Africa's rising influence: Advancing agency in foreign policy & global governance' Chatham House-Amani Africa-UNDP Conference Keynote Address by H.E. @GHessebon, Minister of Foreign Affairs. https://t.co/MzBjk3lzZR CC @AfricaProg @UNDPAfrica
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The RSF has accepted the US proposal for a "humanitarian truce" since this went to press, but the fundamentals remain unchanged: both sides are reluctant to move seriously to talks + outside pressure on them + their foreign backers remains insufficient. https://t.co/lj7ySVJstQ
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As a killing spree unfolds in Darfur, an end to the civil war looks remote
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It is such a blessing to have all season friendship & collaboration from you Dr @SingoeiAKorir & and I am grateful that you once again made time from your busy schedule to honor our invitation. Asante 🙏🏾
Glad to connect with the indomitable duo of @SolomonADersso Member of the @ACHPR and Director @africa_amani, and @tighistiamare Africa Director @ChathamHouse in Addis Ababa. Thank you for the vital roles you both play.
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Currently underway: Deliberating on Africa's role in the global arena done deliberately here on African soil on the diplomatic capital of Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Kicked off with very instructive Keynote address by H.E. Gedion Timotios @GHessebon, Minister of Foreign
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A Schrodinger's response if ever there was one SAF neither accepts nor rejects Quad's ceasefire rather offers conditions i.a. -RSF withdrawal from key areas in Kordofan, -Adding 🇶🇦+🇹🇷 to Quad -Opting for a 9month truce Hard to see the RSF agree, so fight and talk scenario it is
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💡”The African Union is too big to fail” A multilateralist at heart, former Swiss 🇨🇭 Ambassador to the AU Pietro Mona was recently in conversation with @SolomonADersso for The Pan-Africanist, @africa_amani’s podcast. 🗪 Check out the full conversation here:
In the latest edition of Amani Africa’s podcast The Pan-Africanist, @SolomonADersso hosted Ambassador Pietro Mona at the end of his tenure as Swiss Ambassador to the AU. Their exchanges probes why and how the #AU matters and Africa’s international relations through the eyes of a
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Our Exec Director debates on the requirements for advancing democratic governance in #Africa, arguing that #Democracy whatever its label, is a popular demand in Africa and we should guard against blaming democracy while the failures of democracy mostly relate to leaders and the
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Our latest Monthly Digest highlights key deliberations of the PSC in September: 🔹 Climate, Peace & Security: The PSC underscored the need to integrate climate action into broader policy and peace processes. 🔹 #SouthSudan: Called for a genuine and inclusive national political
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