"Through the African Union’s Constitutive Act and the Protocol on the Peace and Security Council (PSC), Member States have mandated the AU and its PSC to fulfil a substantially enlarged and much more robust role in the prevention, management and resolution of African conflicts than was the case with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). One of the instruments through which the AU Commission is to operationalise this mandate is the yet-to-be-established Continental Early Warning System (CEWS)." (Quoted from paper)