U.N. Peacekeeping
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 06:22
The South African commitment to peacekeeping in Sudan is officially over with 8 SA Infantry Battalion due to start a gradual withdrawal next Friday (April 15).
Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 07:44
The South African commitment to peacekeeping in Sudan is officially over with 8 SA Infantry Battalion due to start a gradual withdrawal next Friday, April 15.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 06:30
Tanzania will investigate accusations that some of its peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo abused and exploited five women and six girls, leaving them all pregnant, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:35
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said late on Friday that it has received allegations of sexual abuse against Tanzanian peacekeepers based in Congo's northeast, the latest in a series of such accusations against U.N. forces.
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:32
The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution paving the way for a UN police force to be deployed in Burundi.
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 06:14
The United Nations on Wednesday said it has widened an investigation of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by foreign peacekeepers in Central African Republic and notified authorities in France, Gabon and Burundi about the charges.
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 06:10
The United Nations’ largest peacekeeping mission – MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – has had its mandate extended for another year by the Security Council.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:13
The United Nations said on Monday it had received new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against U.N. peacekeepers from Morocco and Burundi in Central African Republic, including one that involved a 14-year-old girl.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:11
The European Union plans to cut back its funding for Burundi's lucrative peacekeeping contingent in Somalia to try to force President Pierre Nkurunziza into talks with opponents and away from the brink of ethnic conflict, diplomatic sources said.
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 06:27
Congo's foreign minister said the government has set a goal of cutting the 20,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in the country in half by the end of the year - a much more drastic cut than the 1,700-member reduction recommended by the U.N. secretary-general.