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40 years and counting: The UN's peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
UNIFIL – the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon – has been operating in south Lebanon for the past 40 years. First set up in 1978 to monitor a ceasefire between Israel and…
The 51 Percent
Parity on the frontline: U.N. seeks to boost number of female peacekeepers
In this special edition, Annette Young heads to Cyprus, an island still divided between its Greek and Turkish communities. Helping to keep the peace in this long-forgotten…
Four UN peacekeepers, one Malian soldier killed in Mali attacks
Four UN peacekeepers and a Malian soldier were killed in two attacks on peacekeepers in Mali on Friday, UN officials said. On Saturday, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (Group to…
Eye On Africa
UN condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
The UN condemns the attack in eastern DR Congo which killed at least 14 peacekeepers and five Congolese soldiers. Also, protesters in Africa join a global chorus of voices…
DR Congo suffers 'deadliest attack' against UN mission
In the deadliest single attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in recent memory, rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 15 peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in an…
Three UN peacekeepers, one soldier killed in Mali attack
Three United Nations peacekeepers and one Malian soldier were killed and several others were wounded on Friday in an attack by unidentified assailants in northeastern Mali, the…
Exclusive: More peacekeepers needed to stem violence in CAR, says UN chief Guterres
In an interview with FRANCE 24, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said at least one more battalion of MINUSCA peacekeepers is needed to stem the violence in conflict-ravaged…
Blast kills Chadian UN peacekeepers in northern Mali
Three United Nations soldiers from Chad were killed and two others wounded by an explosive device as they were escorting a convoy in northern Mali on Thursday, the peacekeeping…
CAR government powerless as militia fighting intensifies
Fighting between armed groups in the Central African Republic has intensified in recent months with the state virtually invisible outside the capital and aid groups finding it…
UN to cut budget for peacekeeping missions
The General Assembly on Friday agreed to a significant cut in the budget for the U.N.’s far-flung peacekeeping missions, a reduction that the Trump administration fought hard to…
UN ends peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast after 13 years
Thirteen years after it began, the UN ends its peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast, saying the West African nation is now at peace. Also, South Africa's Jacob Zuma calls on the…
UN ends its peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast was ending Friday, 13 years after it intervened to implement a peace agreement as the West African economic powerhouse was split in…