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Women allegedly raped by UN peacekeepers in Haiti speak out
In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers there. Some of them were under-age at the time; some of them are now single mothers as a...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 10:00hrs | 28 | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Political stability remains a challenge
Political stability remains a challengeIn April 2014, the United Nations Security Council authorized the establishment of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Centr...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 20:07hrs | | by Africa Renewal
The Special Court for Sierra Leone rests - for good
The Special Court for Sierra Leone made its final major decision on 26 September 2013 when its Appeals Chamber upheld the 50-year sentence handed down to former Liberian President Charles Taylor. ...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 09:37hrs | 5 | by Lansana Gberie
Gunmen ambush French and African peacekeeping troops in CAR
Bangui - Gunmen have ambushed French and African peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic's mining town of Bria, residents said on Friday.A hospital employee said that French troops...Published: 12 Apr 2014 at 07:19hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporte
Mugabe to attend SADC, Great Lakes summit in SA
President Robert Mugabe, has left for South Africa where he will join other SADC heads of state and those representing the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.The summit will br...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 09:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Three UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur attack
New York - Attackers swooped on a UN water convoy in Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, killing three Senegalese peacekeepers, the United Nations said.It was the second deadly attack on th...Published: 14 Oct 2013 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Congo's M23 rebels declare ceasefire
Goma - Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels suspended fighting and withdrew from the frontline on Friday to allow an independent investigation into shelling that hit neighbouring Rwanda, its lead...Published: 30 Aug 2013 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA soldiers wounded in DRC clash with rebels
Goma - Congolese troops backed by United Nations soldiers suffered heavy casualties over the weekend, a doctor near the front line said, as they fought to push back rebels who remained entrenched Mon...Published: 26 Aug 2013 at 16:51hrs | 10 | by AP
UN sets up 'security zone' in eastern DRC
United Nations - The United Nations said on Thursday it has set up a secure zone around a key eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city after giving rebels an ultimatum to lay down their arms....Published: 02 Aug 2013 at 05:57hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Four electoral officials, deputy mayor kidnapped in Mali
Bamako - Four electoral officials and a deputy mayor were kidnapped by suspected Tuareg separatists in northern Mali on Saturday, officials said, adding to tensions stirred by ethnic clashes before n...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
For UN Peacekeepers, new means for changing times
The history of United Nations peacekeeping is one of innovation and adaptation. Until some twenty years ago, UN peacekeeping seemed a more straightforward affair. Blue Helmets were deployed to mon...Published: 29 May 2013 at 12:33hrs | 1 | by Hervé Ladsous
DRC rebels denounce UN peacekeepers
Kinshasa - The main rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday denounced as an act of war the UN approving to send its first-ever "offensive" peacekeeping brigade to the region....Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
DRC to sign a peace deal with M23 rebels
Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo's government is due to sign a peace deal on 15 March with the M23 rebels who have been waging an insurgency in the east for the past year, according to a draft ...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC: Building a war psychosis
In the early eighties I had a friend who worked in the security establishment. He was in charge of VIP protection. One day he was tasked to ensure a VVIP was transported to Kushinga-Pikhelela, transpo...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zim soldiers and police to be deployed in Syria
Zimbabwe will soon deploy peacekeeping forces in Syria following a request by the United Nations Security Council, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. Syria has been dogged by a year ...Published: 25 May 2012 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Probe UN in imperialist war crimes
In preparation for rigging Zimbabwe's next election in favour of Anglo-Saxon interests, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council has been instigated through W...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 06:34hrs | | by Tafataona Mahoso
Africa must resist interference by the West: Mbeki
Former South African President and Zimbabwean mediator Thabo Mbeki has accused the United Nations of destabilising peace processes in countries such as the Ivory Coast and Libya.He said Africa...Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 07:02hrs | | by timesonline
UN Security Council needs reforms: Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is preparing to join the world in commemorating the International Day of the United Nations Peacekeepers on May 29, amid calls from Defence Minister, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa for the reformatio...Published: 20 May 2011 at 05:12hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Ivory Coast TV station bombed after UN condemnation
Supporters of Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president say state television has gone off the air in the volatile country's largest city.A resident of the Abob...Published: 01 Mar 2011 at 07:07hrs | | by Byo24News
Obasanjo fails to break Ivorian political impasse!
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo left Cote d'Ivoire early Monday after two days of mediation as incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo still refused to cede power since the Nov. 28 pre...Published: 11 Jan 2011 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS
No end to Cote d'Ivoire stand-off as Ghana now queries use of force
Cote d'Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo's stand-off with the world intensified today after Britain and Canada rejected his expulsion of their envoys, insisting they only recognise his rival.But...Published: 07 Jan 2011 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS
Ivory Coast crisis: Gbagbo to negotiate 'peaceful' end
Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to negotiate a "peaceful end" to his country's crisis without preconditions, regional leaders say.The chairman of the Ecowas regional group said Mr Gba...Published: 05 Jan 2011 at 01:01hrs | 5 | by Byo24
Africans threaten Ivory Coast invasion
West African heads of state have warned they will use force to oust incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo unless he cedes power to a rival widely credited with having won a presidential elect...Published: 28 Dec 2010 at 03:51hrs | | by Byo24
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