Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Trump Blows Up the UN, Metaphorically Speaking

September 19, 2017

Can a rebuttal happen before an event occurs? United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres took pre-emptive strikes against President Donald Trump in his speech at the opening session of the 72nd General Assembly, on Sept. 19, 2017. Rumors were rampant that Trump would deliver a strongly nationalistic speech, reportedly written by Stephen Miller, author of …

General Assembly, Middle East, Migration, Peace and Security, Refugees, Terrorism, UNGA72, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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As Terrorist Threats Rise in Mali, the Dutch Slowly Pull Out of Peacekeeping

November 10, 2016

by Julie Vanderperre

The Dutch contingent of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali is withdrawing its seven helicopters from the operation by spring, leaving a wide hole in reconnaissance and intelligence gathering for the mission that desperately needs those assets. With no immediate supplier for replacement helicopters in sight, the withdrawal presents an additional strain on the …

Africa, Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping

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A New UN Nutrition Program Financed by Africans for Africans

November 10, 2015

by Tendai Musakwa

The first United Nations development aid program financed solely by African countries for their own benefit was announced recently at the UN headquarters in New York. Unitlife, which was presented as world leaders convened at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, will tax the sale of oil, gold and other natural resources …

Africa, Development, Education, Health and Population, Women

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

January 18, 2015

by Dulcie Leimbach

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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The US-African Leaders Summit in Washington Leaves Malians Blasé

August 3, 2014

by Dulcie Leimbach

BAMAKO, Mali — As the first United States-African leaders summit opens this week in Washington, D.C, it is hard to hear Malians in their capital drum up enthusiasm for it. President Barack Obama has invited 50 African heads of state — excluding those from Central African Republic, Eritrea, Sudan and Zimbabwe — to meet …

Africa, Development, Governance, UN Peacekeeping, Women

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Malians Produce a Smooth Election, Desperate for Stability

August 15, 2013

by Dulcie Leimbach

Malians elected their first president since an interim president was installed after the 2012 coup and French military action in 2013 against incursions by Islamic jihadists. In a run-off vote on Aug. 11, amid blanket rain and rampant mud in Bamako, the capital, Malians there and beyond put Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 68, a …

Africa, Governance, Peace and Security

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Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Trump Blows Up the UN, Metaphorically Speaking

As Terrorist Threats Rise in Mali, the Dutch Slowly Pull Out of Peacekeeping

A New UN Nutrition Program Financed by Africans for Africans

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

The US-African Leaders Summit in Washington Leaves Malians Blasé

Malians Produce a Smooth Election, Desperate for Stability

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