U.N. Peacekeeping
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:16
U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa worked together with a 621st Contingency Response Wing traveling contact team to conduct a building partnership engagement in Luanda, Angola, from Sept. 9 to 13.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:24
The international community must redouble its efforts to defeat al-Shabaab in light of the terrorist attack at Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall at the weekend, United Nations Special Representative to Somalia Nicholas Kay said at a press briefing in Geneva Tuesday (September 24th).
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 10:21
The AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) fighting the al- Shabaab extremists has become a victim of its own success.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:12
On Monday, United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region of Africa Mary Robinson said UN forces will be "more robust" in addressing sexual violence and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She added there is still much work to be done to build peace and security in the region.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:06
The AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) fighting the Al-shabaab extremists has become a victim of its own success.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 13:16
The United Nations mission in Mali has received allegations of serious misconduct by its peacekeeping troops last week, including an alleged incident of sexual abuse.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:06
France's foreign minister said on Monday there was an urgent need to tackle the crisis in the Central African Republic and called for strengthening an African peacekeeping force.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:31
France's foreign minister said on Monday there was an urgent need to tackle the crisis in the Central African Republic and called for strengthening an African peacekeeping force.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:30
Sixty police officers from Burundi, Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya and Rwanda yesterday completed United Nations Police Officers Course (UNPOC) at Gishari Police Training Centre.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:28
The United Nations has established a new peacekeeping brigade in Congo with a mandate to use force against rebel groups in the country’s east, including M23, one of the militias at the heart of nearly two decades of conflict.