peacekeepers

Pakistani MONUSCO peacekeepers closed their Kamanyola base in eastern DRC. The Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo attended the ceremony. “Kamanyola is the first MONUSCO base in South Kivu to…

The United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Mali said it had sped up a planned withdrawal from the town of Ber in northern Mali due to worsening security, as fighting in the area raised fears of a revival of a separatist uprising. Over the…

The UN mission in Mali said on social networks that two peacekeepers were wounded by a mine explosion in central Mali. "Our office in Mopti confirms an explosion near the village of Amba, 75 km west of Douentza, injuring two peacekeepers…

A total of 633 soldiers and 80 officers from the pioneering Ghana Battalion (GHANBATT) and Ghana Level II Plus Medical Unit (GHANMED) serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) have received the prestigious…

The protestors waved Malian flags and chanted anti-UN slogans. Others carried Russian flags as they marched through the streets of the capital. Mali's army government has had a frosty relationship with the UN mission also known as…

Some 40 former peacekeepers hailing from Ethiopia's war-wracked Tigray region arrived in eastern Sudan after seeking asylum. Last month, more than 500 UN peacekeepers who were deployed in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South…