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Africa: Why Do So Many African Nations Want UN Troops Out?
DW, 29 June 2023
UN peacekeeping missions in Africa are struggling to restore peace and stability to the nations in which they operate. Some African states want them out and experts have warned of… Read more »
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West Africa: Security in West Africa At Risk After Mali Asks UN Peace Mission to Leave, U.S. Says
RFI, 21 June 2023
The US State Department has said it "regrets" the Mali military regime's decision to call for the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping force from the West African country. Read more »
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Mali: Mali Orders UN Peacekeeping Mission to Leave
DW, 16 June 2023
Mali's foreign minister has accused the UN mission of failing to respond to security challenges. The peacekeeping mission was established in 2013 to stabilize the country amid a… Read more »
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Tanzania: UN Sending Home Peacekeepers Implicated in Sexual Abuse
VOA, 9 June 2023
The United Nations said Friday that it is sending home a unit of 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers from the Central African Republic, after a preliminary investigation found credible… Read more »
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Africa: UN Launches 'Key' Initiative to Support Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers
UN News, 15 December 2022
Holding those who commit crimes against UN 'blue helmets' to account, is key to improving their safety and security, peace operations chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Thursday,… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Peacekeepers Turn Ground-Breakers in the Central African Republic
UN News, 30 October 2022
Handling heavy machinery is not one of the first skills that comes to mind when we think of UN peacekeepers, but construction skills are an important component of the blue helmets'… Read more »
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Africa: African Peace Mission - One Step Forward, One Step Back?
ISS, 23 June 2023
Although the initiative is a milestone in Africa's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a better organised, broader collective effort is needed. Read more »
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Central African Republic: Abuses By Russia-Linked Forces
HRW, 3 May 2022
Killings, Torture of Civilians Read more »
Why Do So Many African Nations Want UN Troops Out?
UN peacekeeping missions in Africa are struggling to restore peace and stability to the nations in which they operate. Some African states want them out and experts have warned of consequences and fresh security threats, Deutsche Welle reports.
Other experts blame the lack of success on the operational mandates of the missions in Africa, which restricts forces' activities.
Peacekeepers have also been accused of sexual exploitation and abuses. Just this month, the UN said it was sending home a unit of 60 Tanzanian forces over allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic.
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Valentine Rugwabiza head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSCA) briefed ambassadors on important progress which has been made in the implementation of a key 2019 ... Read more »
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The United Nations Security Council has decided to withdraw approximately 13,000 MINUSMA peacekeepers at the explicit request of the Malian military government. The move will have ... Read more »
A UN convoy travels between Gao and Kidal, in Northern Mali, in February 2017.
