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At a time when UN peace operations are declining, African organisations are often the first responders to emerging crises.
The Canadian Defence Department’s recent announcement that it’s scaling back peacekeeping missions marks the final step in the triumph of one national peacekeeping mythology over another.
A recent Security Council resolution to curb violence in Haiti was not just a local issue but a broader idea about how to stay relevant as a global organization.
The latest peace deal between the two neighbours provides concessions and demands that are perhaps easier said than done.
In the Central African Republic, peacekeeping missions are losing popular support by failing to meet people’s expectations, leaving room for more ruthless actors.
Poorer states, like Rwanda and Burundi, have economic incentives for maintaining peacekeeping armies.
The government in place in Kabul, which has been in charge of the whole of Afghanistan since August 2021, is still not recognised. This in no way improves the lot of Afghan women in the country.
What is the status of UN peacekeepers and are they protected under international law?
UN peacekeeping force Unifil is the only international witness to events on the ground in southern Lebanon as the IDF expands its incursion.
The Kenyan-led policing mission to Haiti has been extended for another year as struggle to contain gang violence continues.
The UN faces a crisis because of its failure to address the world’s biggest conflicts.
While the gravity of the need in Sudan is clear, there are barriers to deploying a peacekeeping mission.
There is a long, and often ugly, history of foreign intervention in Haiti.
Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.
South Africa’s defence force has been in decline for some time as its budget has shrunk while its duties have changed.
Chances of longer term peace are small because of the DRC’s assumption that it can achieve peace through sheer military force.
The international effort to address three decades of violence in eastern DRC has drawn in the UN, east African troops and now a southern African force.
The security situation in Haiti must change – but another UN intervention may not be the way this happens.
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