UN report on Mali

As Mali Teeters Closer to the Edge, the UN Mission Soldiers On

• April 15, 2015

Facing a surge in violence that has made it the United Nations’ deadliest peacekeeping operations now, the UN mission in Mali is struggling to convince populations in the north of the country that it can overcome the remaining obstacles to ensuring that a peace agreement is signed soon and to help restore stability in …

Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping

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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 …