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The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO, has announced that “over 600 combatants from the Zaïre armed group, have laid down their arms,” which a UN spokesperson said is “a first step towards…

The first fighting contingents of soldiers and military policemen from Latin America arrived in Port-au-Prince, to join the armed international security mission in Haiti’s fight against terrorizing gangs. The 83 security personnel…

The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend the mandate for a long-running U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo for another year. This follows further delaying an agreed withdrawal from the eastern…

Ugandan Head of Delegation to the African Military Games, Brigadier General Richard Karemirie says the mission of the military remains the same across the continent, and that is to ensure peace and security of the people, for the prosperity…

Gangs continue to fight to take over communities in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The neighbourhood of Solino has been under attack since last week with residents fleeing their homes. Gun shots could still be heard in a busy street…

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force helping to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti to start talks on transforming it into a U.N. peacekeeping…

Professor Ibrahim Gambari is to lead ECOWAS Observation Mission for the Senegalese Presidential election fixed for 24th March, this year. The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah,…

South African military has said on Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed and three wounded by a mortar bomb in Democratic Republic of Congo, as President Cyril Ramaphosa struck back against opposition claims that they were…

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is poised to complete its withdrawal from the country on Sunday, the United Nations said in a statement. Security experts warn the area could now become the focus of a struggle in the north…

The UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA) officially handed over to the national authorities one of its last camps in a large city in the north of the country, Timbuktu, before the end of its final withdrawal. The MINUSMA sites of Gao and…