U.N. Peacekeeping
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 07:03
The U.N. is moving ahead with the gradual downsizing of its peacekeeping force in Liberia as the country's threat from Ebola appears to be fading.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 06:39
Georgian troops have returned home from the completed European Union peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, the country's first substantial troop deployment to Africa and to an EU military mission.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:52
Proof Africans are active contributors to peacekeeping operations on their continent comes in the latest UN statistics, which show that no less than 10 African countries make the top 15 list of contributors to UN operations with by far the majority of them serving in continental peacekeeping and peace support missions.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 07:09
Peacekeeping-related mutinies are occurring at the same time that many African states and their foreign partners are placing much energy and resources into professionalizing African militaries. Planners should take heed of the grievances expressed in mutinies, which threaten to perpetuate many of the divisions that professionalization efforts aim to resolve.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 07:10
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday is expected to adopt a resolution that would authorize more than 1,000 additional military and police personnel for the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 06:49
Under pressure from al-Bashir, the U.N. opened talks this month with Sudan on a plan for a large peacekeeping mission to leave Darfur. The Security Council on Tuesday will discuss the troubled mission and how its eventual departure will affect a civil war that once drew the world's outrage.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 06:04
Malawi government has disclosed that 850 troops will be sent to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a peace keeping mission as the country is committed to promote peace in some war –weary African nations.
Friday, January 23, 2015 - 08:53
The text of the following statement was issued jointly by the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Norway.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 07:07
France's president says the country will withdraw 1,200 troops from the Central African Republic by autumn now that U.N. peacekeepers are deployed.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 07:56
South Africa says military intervention by its contingent of United Nations peacekeepers is now “inevitable” after Rwandan rebels in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo did not comply with a January 2 deadline to disarm.