UN Peacekeeping
- Evelyn Leopold
- • August 29, 2023
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With the death of Yevgeny Prgozhin, the leader of the brutal Wagner Group, Russia seems determined to allow the mercenaries to operate in Africa, particularly in Mali and the Central African Republic. Murders, theft of resources and rape characterize the Wagner Group’s …
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Chloé Cosson
- • August 7, 2023
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The coup in Niger in late July sent shockwaves in West Africa and far beyond. Besides enormous consequences from the crisis in the region, it could also have a “negative impact” on the current withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping mission …
- Categories: Africa, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Joe Penney
- • June 27, 2023
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As the United Nations Security Council plans to vote this week on the future of Minusma, its peacekeeping mission in Mali, the military officers in charge in Bamako will have their eyes on developments in Moscow, Minsk and the front …
- Categories: Africa, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping
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- Opinion by Maiara Folly and Enyseh Teimory
- • April 18, 2023
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LONDON — One of the most powerful positions in the United Nations is the head of its peacekeeping wing. The post of under secretary-general oversees 100,000 peacekeepers and administers an annual budget of $6.5 billion, nearly double what the UN …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General, UN Agencies, UN Peacekeeping
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • February 28, 2023
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In a follow-up to our recent analysis on the status of gender parity among United Nations senior-level appointments, which found that almost half of them replaced a woman with a man, we look now at the senior leadership of field …
- Categories: UN Peacekeeping, Women
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- Opinion by Alan Doss
- • February 16, 2023
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Last year was tough for United Nations peacekeeping operations, especially in Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local people demonstrated angrily against the perceived inability of peacekeepers to protect civilians in the east of the country. In Mali, …
- Categories: Africa, OPINIONS, UN Peacekeeping
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- Joe Penney
- • February 9, 2023
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LAGOS — A little more than 11 years after a jihadist and Tuareg separatist alliance stormed northern Mali and wrested control of the main cities of Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal from the Malian state, the two sides are set to …
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping
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- Damilola Banjo
- • February 3, 2023
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This week, we focus on UN reform (no joke!); visits by the UN peacekeeping boss to Lebanon, Syria and Israel; and glimmers of hope for Iraq. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. …
- Categories: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Middle East, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping
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- Damilola Banjo
- • January 27, 2023
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This week, we focus on the worsening violence in Haiti and a major firing of a UN official for corruption. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 23, 2023
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali is considering three distinct choices for its future operations, according to a new internal review. The analysis has been brought about by the mission’s “overstretched” status stemming from increased political and security challenges, …
- Categories: Africa, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Joe Penney
- • December 29, 2022
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LAGOS — In January 2017, the Malian foreign minister under President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta organized Mali’s largest diplomatic event in years, the Africa-France summit. Thirty-five heads of state convened in the capital, Bamako, requiring close cooperation with the French presidency …
- Categories: Africa, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Damilola Banjo
- • December 16, 2022
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This week, opinion seemed divided on the decision to expel Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • November 18, 2022
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It’s a sad one this week as two girls were beheaded in a camp in Syria. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting …
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- Opinion by Alan Doss
- • November 14, 2022
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In September, the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda took their allegations against each other over the resurgence of conflict in the eastern Congo to the United Nations General Assembly. I recall vividly similar claims and …
- Categories: Africa, OPINIONS, UN Peacekeeping
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- Dawn Clancy
- • November 8, 2022
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Four months ago, Russia was flagged for breaching international aviation law, and the United Nations has yet to replace dozens of grounded Russian-leased aircraft as a result of the violation. The UN’s response to the International Civil Aviation Authority’s warning …
- Categories: Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping, US Foreign Relations
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