Armed men have killed two UN peacekeepers in a region of northwestern Mali wracked by jihadist violence, the United Nations said Sunday. A logistical convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission travelling between the towns of Tessalit and Gao was attacked Saturday evening by “unidentified armed individuals” who killed two of the
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From Fighting with Guns to Fighting the Pandemic
In countries suffering from conflict, readjusting to life in a peaceful society is a challenge, both for former fighters and the wider community. Since the spread of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN is having to refocus many of its programmes, aimed at reducing violence in communities, and rehabilitating combatants. "Before I
18 Nigerien soldiers killed in attack on military base
Germany extends Military Missions in Africa
Fergus Kelly Germany’s lower house of parliament extended three military missions in Africa until 2020, but lawmakers criticized deployments of special forces in Niger and Cameroon. The Bundestag on Thursday, May 9 voted overwhelmingly to extend two military missions in Mali and one in Somalia until May 31, 2020, Deutsche Welle reported, approving
Mali: Ivory Coast to send 650 more troops to UN mission
Jude Johnson With Nigeria embroiled with internal security challenges--Buratai, Ivory Coast has stepped in to assist in quelling the crisis in the West African neighbouring country of Mali. To this end, Ivory Coast will more than quadruple its troop presence in the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in neighbouring Mali to 800.
Russia trains over 1,000 central African military personnel
Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera presided over a ceremony to mark the completion of training of the fourth group of Central African Armed Forces (FACa) personnel by Russian instructors on Monday, September 17. According to a report by the Network of Journalists for Human Rights in Central African Republic (RJDH), 154 FACa personnel
Land tussle: 300 killed as Al-Qaeda linked Fulani herdsmen battle Malian hunters
Most of the civilian deaths occurred in the country's central region of Mopti, according to the UN human rights office. MINUSMA, the UN mission in Mali, said there is an escalation of communal violence in the West African country [Reuters]. At least 289 civilians have been killed in intercommunal violence in Mali this year, according to the United
Demystifying the $1.4m corruption scandal at MOD
By Idris Ahmed Background The contract was for the relocation and refurbishment of Level 2 Ministry Hospital under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) following a directive from the UN, as a result of coordinated attacks by the Tuareg Terrorists on the facility, the hospital’s proximity to the
Due process was followed on MINUSMA Army Hospital contract- MOD
•Supply pictorial evidence Babatunde Opalana The Ministry of Defence (MOD) Wednesday in Abuja stated that due process was followed in the award and execution of a contract involving relocation and refurbishment of the Nigerian Army Level II Military Hospital under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Reacting to an online social
Macron vows to step-up fight against Islamists in Africa
France will step up the fight against resurgent Islamist militants in north and west Africa and will work more closely with Germany to help the tinderbox region, President Emmanuel Macron said on his first trip outside Europe late yesterday, Friday. Visiting Mali days after taking office, Macron vowed to keep French