10. South Africa's peacekeeping efforts in Africa have borne positive results. The operations were either under the auspices of the UN or the African Union (AU). Successful missions were carried out in Burundi and South Sudan. That saw South Africa being requested to conduct capacity building, especially in the security sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan. The professionalism with which the troops conduct themselves has come with accolades and has presented South Africa as a Protection force of choice both at the AU and UN levels.