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Structure

General Assembly

The General Assembly is the supreme technical and deliberative organ of AFRIPOL, with the responsibility to provide leadership direction regarding police cooperation in Africa. The General Assembly is composed of Chiefs of Police from the African Union Member States.

The General Assembly work out the policies and set the guidelines and strategic priorities of AFRIPOL. Also, ensure the supervision of the implementation of the policies, guidelines and strategic priorities of AFRIPOL upon their adoption by the AU Policy Organs;

The Bureau of the AFRIPOL General Assembly composed of the following:

  • The President
  • Three (3) Vice Presidents
  • One (1) rapporteur

The current Bureau of the AFRIPOL General Assembly is as follows:

  • Kenya (Eastern Africa) – Chair of the General Assembly
  • Côte d'Ivoire (Western Africa) – First Vice Chair of the
  • General Assembly
  • Republic of Congo (Central Africa) – Second Vice Chair of the General Assembly
  • Bostwana (Southern Africa) – Third Vice Chair of the General Assembly
  • Algeria (Northern Africa) – Rapporteur

The AFRIPOL Secretariat organized five General Assemblies of AFRIPOL as follows

  • First General Assembly, 14-16 May 2017, Algiers
  • Second General Assembly, 15-16 October 2018, Algiers, Algeria
  • Third General Assembly, 2-3 October 2019, Algiers, Algeria
  • Fourth General Assembly, 20 October 2021, Algiers, Algeria
  • Extraordinary General Assembly (virtual), 28th November 2024

Steering Committee

The AFRIPOL Secretariat held twelve meetings of the AFRIPOL Steering Committees as follows:

  1. First meeting, May 2017, Algiers;
  2. Second meeting , 11 July 2018, Algiers;
  3. Third meeting, 14 October 2018, Algiers;
  4. Fourth meeting , 7-8 March 2019, Lusaka;
  5. Fifth meeting, 1 October 2019, Algiers;
  6. Sixth meeting, 25 June 2020, Algiers;
  7. Seventh meeting, 19 October 2020, Algiers;
  8. Eight meeting, 11 March 2021, Algiers;
  9. Nineth meeting, 7 October 2021, Algiers;
  10. Tenth meeting, 30 - 31 March 2022, Nairobi;
  11. Eleventh meeting, 3- 4 May 2023, Tunis;
  12. Twelfth meeting, 29 - 30 October 2024, Algiers;
  13. Thirteenth meeting, 7 - 8 July 2025, Algiers.

Permanent Secretariat

Location

The AFRIPOL Secretariat is located in Algiers, Algeria. The Executive Director of AFRIPOL is the Chief Executive Officer of the AFRIPOL Secretariat.

Mission

The AFRIPOL Secretariat is responsible for convene and servicing the meetings of General Assembly, the Steering Committee, or other meetings of AFRIPOL. It also the body that maintain contact with national and international law enforcement authorities. The AFRIPOL Secretariat is responsible for implementing the decisions of the AFRIPOL General Assembly and the Steering Committee.

National Liaison Office

The AFRIPOL National Liaison offices is the structure responsible for coordinating the linkages between the police agencies of the Member States. They are also the link between the national police agencies and the AFRIPOL Secretariat – serving as the national level contact points on all AFRIPOL matters.

Each Member State of the African Union has an AFRIPOL National Liaison Office for the smooth running of AFRIPOL activities.

Some activities organized for National Liaisons Offices:

Meetings of NLOs

  1. First meeting of NLOs, 28-29 November 2019
  2. Second meeting of NLOs, 15-16 March 2021

Trainings on AFSECOM System

  1. First IT training on AFSECOM, 11-12 March 2018, Algiers;
  2. Second IT training on AFSECOM, 14-15 March 2018, Algiers;
  3. Third IT training on AFSECOM; 4 – 5 December 2018;
  4. Fourth training on AFSECOM; 26-27 June 2019; and
  5. Fifth IT training on AFSECOM, 8-9 March 2020, Algiers.

Peace and Security Council

The Executive Director of AFRIPOL briefs to the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) at following sessions:

The 731st meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council – an Open Session on the theme: “The link between terrorism and transnational organized crime, 22 November 2017, Addis Ababa.

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The 845th meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council with the theme “Threat of Transnational Organized Crime, Peace and Security in Africa”, 25 April 2019, Addis Ababa.
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The 957th meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council with the theme “The Impact of Foreign Terrorist Fighters on Peace and Security in Africa”, 20 October 2020, Addis Ababa.
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The official website of The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AUPSC) is available at this link: http://www.peaceau.org/en/page/42-psc