African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices (ANCIP)
“African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices” (ANCIP) is a competence network dedicated to strengthening expertise on non-military peace and security practices by African actors. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) under its funding line for strengthening peace and conflict research in Germany. The network reconstructs the largely overlooked non-military intervention practices of the African Union (AU) and selected regional organizations, analyzes the underlying bodies of knowledge and operational routines, and examines their interfaces with other non-state and international peacebuilding actors.
During its first funding phase (2022–2026), the network (1) developed an online database on non-military interventions by the AU and Africa’s regional economic communities (RECs), (2) empirically reconstructed the intervention practices and routines of specific African actors, and (3) advanced both the theoretical debate and strategic policy advice in this field.
In the second funding phase (2026–2028), the network aims to expand the ANCIP database and its visualization dashboard both temporally and geographically, strengthen international cooperation, and establish them as long-term resources for both academia and practitioners. In addition, the project systematically investigates the relationship between non-military and military intervention practices, as well as the role of international partnerships within an emerging global order. In doing so, the network contributes to research on the rapidly changing landscape of international conflict management and develops policy-oriented knowledge and practical recommendations for decision-makers in Germany, Europe, and Africa.
The subproject based at PRIF examines the intersections between military and non-military interventions and their respective practices. Its central conceptual and empirical question is how military and non-military intervention practices are interconnected, and what implications these linkages have for strategies aimed at promoting sustainable peace. The project contributes to the use and further development of the ANCIP database while also generating new empirical and practice-oriented insights. Beyond that, it makes conceptual contributions to broader debates within peace and conflict research concerning the relationship between military and civilian approaches. Methodologically, the project also strengthens the still underutilized field of mixed-methods research in African intervention contexts.
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Publications
- The Strait of Hormuz in Perspective: One Global Chokepoint, Multiple Vulnerabilities, Compounded Effects
| 2026
Birchinger, Sophia; Flamm, Patrick; Abb, Pascal; Al-Wally, Mariam; Driedger, Jonas J.; Kebede, Sandra; Koyier, Hilda; McKee, Sarah; Michelini, Sidney; Peters, Dirk; Sebgo, Jean-Baptiste; Simon, Hendrik; Standke-Erdmann, Madita; Stühlen, Christin; Trpkovic, Mina; Warnck, Skollan Elisabeth; Witt, Antonia; Xian, Yaolong (2026): The Strait of Hormuz in Perspective: One Global Chokepoint, Multiple Vulnerabilities, Compounded Effects, PRIF blog, Frankfurt/M..
Publication - Leveraging AU Liaison Offices as Resources of Structural Conflict Prevention
| 2026
Koyier, Hilda (2026): Leveraging AU Liaison Offices as Resources of Structural Conflict Prevention, ANCIP Policy Brief, 6.
Publication - Transforming the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa: What is to Be Done?
| 2026
Hendricks, Cheryl (2026): Transforming the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa: What is to Be Done?, ANCIP Working Papers, 6. - How Are Intervention Practices (Not) Made Visible in Dashboards?
| 2025
Schober, Vincent Joshua; Warnck, Skollan Elisabeth (2025): How Are Intervention Practices (Not) Made Visible in Dashboards?, in: Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Ulf (eds), African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices, London: Routledge.
Publication - Practicing Inclusion: Civil Society Actors in African Union Conflict Interventions
| 2025
Schaaf, Jonas (2025): Practicing Inclusion: Civil Society Actors in African Union Conflict Interventions, African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices, London: Routledge.
Publication - African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices
| 2025
Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Ulf (2025): African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices, London: Routledge.
ISBN: 9781040651933
Publication - The Diplomacy of Discretion: African Union Special Envoys and the Politics of Peacemaking in Tigray
| 2025
Deleglise, Dimpho (2025): The Diplomacy of Discretion: African Union Special Envoys and the Politics of Peacemaking in Tigray, in: Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Ulf (eds), African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices: Routledge.
Publication - Introduction: Studying African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices
| 2025
Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Uf (2025): Introduction: Studying African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices, in: Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Ulf (eds), African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices , London: Routledge, 1–24. - Understanding the Establishment and Practices of African Union Liaison Offices and ECOWAS Representations in Member States
| 2025
Koyier, Hilda (2025): Understanding the Establishment and Practices of African Union Liaison Offices and ECOWAS Representations in Member States, ANCIP Working Papers, 4.
Publication - Understanding Civil Society Inclusion in AU and ECOWAS Non-military Interventions
| 2025
Schaaf, Jonas (2025): Understanding Civil Society Inclusion in AU and ECOWAS Non-military Interventions, ANCIP Working Papers, No. 5.
Publication - Why paper matters
| 2025
Warnck, Skollan Elisabeth (2025): Why paper matters. Reconstructing AU and ECOWAS non-military conflict intervention practices through documents, in: A. Witt, C. Hartmann, & U. Engel (eds), Studying African non-military conflict intervention practices, London: Routledge, 139–162. - Bringing Civil Society Organizations into African Early Warning and Conflict Prevention
| 2025
Schaaf, Jonas; Abdulkadir, Taye; Engel, Ulf (2025): Bringing Civil Society Organizations into African Early Warning and Conflict Prevention, ANCIP Policy Brief.
Publication - Studying African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices
| 2025
Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Ulf (2025): Studying African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices, ANCIP Working Paper: 2.
Publication - Inclusivity and Resistance: Lessons from Peace Agreement Monitoring and Oversight Mechanisms in Africa
| 2024
Deleglise, Dimpho; Khadiagala, Gilbert (2024): Inclusivity and Resistance: Lessons from Peace Agreement Monitoring and Oversight Mechanisms in Africa, ANCIP Working Papers, 1.
Publication - Krisenherd Westafrika: Militärputsche infolge gescheiterter Interventionen
| 2024
Bayer, Markus; Berks, Milena; von Boemcken, Marc; Breitung, Claudia; Haidara, Boubacar; Oginni, Oyewole; Atieno Owino, Evelyne; Schetter, Conrad; Wirkus, Lars; Witt, Antonia (2024): Krisenherd Westafrika: Militärputsche infolge gescheiterter Interventionen, in: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (PRIF)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (eds), Friedensgutachten 2024, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 47–65.
Publication - Potentially Vital AU Meeting on Tigray Leaves Communities of Interest in the Dark
| 2024
Deleglise, Dimpho (2024): Potentially Vital AU Meeting on Tigray Leaves Communities of Interest in the Dark, PRIF BLOG.
Publication - Zusammenarbeit mit afrikanischen Regionalorganisationen strategischer ausrichten
| 2024
Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Ulf (2024): Zusammenarbeit mit afrikanischen Regionalorganisationen strategischer ausrichten, Megatrends Afrika.
Publication - Poster presentation
| 2023
Warnck, Skollan Elisabeth; Schober, Vincent Joshua (2023): Poster presentation. (Re-)thinking African regional organizations’ non-military conflict intervention practices through re-iterative data modeling. Digital Humanities Day Leipzig (DHDL) 2023, Poster, Digital Humanities Day Leipzig (DHDL), 2023, Leipzig. DOI: 10.36730/2024.1.dhdl.14 - African Union: The African Political Integration Process and its Impact on EU-AU Relations in the Field of Foreign and Security Policy
| 2023
Mattheis, Frank; Deleglise, Dimpho; Staeger, Ueli (2023): African Union: The African Political Integration Process and its Impact on EU-AU Relations in the Field of Foreign and Security Policy, Brussels: Directorate-General for External Policies, European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET).
Publication - Mapping intervention practices of ECOWAS and the African Union
| 2020
Herpolsheimer, Jens; Warnck, Skollan Elisabeth (2020): Mapping intervention practices of ECOWAS and the African Union. Methodological and practical challenges, SFB 1199 Working Paper: 22.
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