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UN Blocked From South Sudan Town Amid Reports of Killings

UN peacekeepers in South Sudan say they have twice been prevented from accessing the town of Pajok, where the army is...

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“There Is No Longer Going To Be Impunity”

For decades, United Nations (UN) peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse have operated under an umbrella...

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UN Renews Smaller DRC Peacekeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council has renewed the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of...

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UN Votes To Scale Down Mission

The UN Security Council has voted to cut the size of Monusco, its largest and most expensive peacekeeping mission,...

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UN Renews Smaller DR Congo Peackeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to renew the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the...

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UN Peacekeepers Provide Urgently Needed Medical Services To Population In Leer

Ghanaian peacekeeping troops (GHANBATT) serving under the UN Mission in South Sudan are providing desperately needed...

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DR Congo Probes Killing of UN Researchers

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday they have launched a probe into the killing of two UN...

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Bodies Found of Two UN Experts In DRCongo Amid Spiralling Violence

Two foreign UN experts who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government...

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Ghanaian Peacekeepers Providing Medical Services In South Sudan

Ghanaian peacekeeping troops (GHANBATT) serving under the UN Mission in South Sudan, are providing desperately needed...

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UN Peacekeeping Chief Defends Cost of Missions

United Nations peacekeeping missions, under threat from budget cuts if Washington's promise to slash its UN spending...

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French Prosecutors Want Central Africa Child-Rape Case Dropped

Prosecutors in Paris have called for the case to be dropped against French soldiers facing allegations they raped...

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France Warns Against Cuts To UN Mission In DR Congo

France's ambassador to the United Nations warned Tuesday that drastic cuts to the UN peacekeeping mission in the...

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Women Allegedly Raped By UN Peacekeepers In Haiti Speak Out

In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers there....

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Central Africa’s Transition To Peace Still Elusive

With a spike in militia killings, a deepening humanitarian crisis and the army still in shambles, the Central African...

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UN Chief Seeks To Boost UN Police In DR Congo

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday asked the Security Council to send an extra 320 UN police to the...

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Ghanaian Troops In DR Congo Complain of Hunger

Some Ghanaian troops on Peace Support Operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo have complained bitterly about how...

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Japan To Withdraw Troops From South Sudan

These Japanese peacekeepers who arrived in November were mandated to use force Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced...

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UN Proposes Measures To Curb Sex Abuse By Peacekeepers

The United Nations on Thursday proposed a series of new steps aimed at stamping out sex abuse by peacekeepers as a...

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Ghana, Mexico Confer On Bilateral Cooperation

The Mexican Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Maria De Los Angeles Arriola Aguirre, has called for a closer collaboration between...