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Getting Young Americans to Think Globally in the ‘America First’ Era

• June 25, 2018

In the wake of a spate of school shootings in the United States this year, students of high school and college age are forming political campaigns for change as the country moves toward critical legislative elections in November. These young people are registering voters, although many of them are too young to vote themselves, …

Education, US Foreign Relations

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The UN’s Mission in Mali: A Deadly Fight Against Terrorists

Dulcie Leimbach

• January 18, 2015

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, the most demanding and bloodiest operation in the organization’s global portfolio, is moving its major functions from its base in Bamako, the capital, to Gao, a remote city also on the Niger River, and other camps in the north. The goal is to keep a vigilant eye …

Africa, Libya, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping, US Foreign Relations

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A Rape Accusation in Northern Mali and the UN’s Awkward Response

Dulcie Leimbach

• January 28, 2014

Now that Gao, a remote but critical outpost in northern Mali, has become a hub of military personnel — Mali Army, French troops and UN peacekeepers — to fend off terrorist incursions, it is also a simmering spot for sexual assaults and intimidation of women who live there. These acts are committed in the …

Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women

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The Real Test of Mali? Holding a Presidential Election in July

Tanya Bindra

• June 18, 2013

BAMAKO, Mali — Here in the capital, far from the fight against the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in the north of the country, people are still overwhelmingly supportive of the French military intervention, which began early this year to oust the jihadists. They are also still comfortable with the presence of French and African-led …