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UN Documents Expose Rwandan Army’s Role in Eastern Congo Conflict

Exploring the recent Democratic Republic of Congo conflict: Rwandan support for M23 rebel group escalates tension, demands an urgent global response.

Turkish Forces Attacking UN Peacekeepers. Image via The Telegraph

Rising Tensions in Cyprus: A Call to Action for the United States

Cyprus’ fragility has only become more fluid due to the toothless fortitude of the United Nations and the inability of British troops on the isle. Turkey, like Russia, feeds off appeasement and indecisiveness by the EU, NATO, and UN to condemn their aggression and violations over Hellenic air and naval space and continued settlement buildup in the occupied areas of Cyprus.

Expert Analysis Sep 02

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Escalating Tensions in Cyprus: UN Peacekeepers Assaulted Amid Controversial Road Construction

The recent assault on UN peacekeepers by Turkish Cypriot forces in Cyprus, following an attempt to halt unauthorized road construction within the island’s buffer zone, marks a dangerous escalation of tensions and underscores the complex historical disputes, territorial claims, and divergent visions for the island’s future.

France Freezes Aid to Central African Republic Over its Collusion With Russia

France Freezes Aid to Central African Republic Over its Collusion With Russia

As soon as the Russians began moving into the Central African Republic, the disinformation program against France began.

UN peacekeepers in Congo hold record for rape, sex abuse

UN peacekeepers in Congo hold record for rape, sex abuse

She had been orphaned by a brutal conflict, but the 14-year-old Congolese girl found refuge in a camp protected by United Nations peacekeepers. The camp should have been safe the day she was raped. A delegation from the U.N. was paying a visit, and her grandmother had left her in charge of her siblings. That […]

After tense talks, UN renews peacekeepers in Lebanon

After tense talks, UN renews peacekeepers in Lebanon

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to renew the mandate for a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Wednesday, following tense negotiations amid US and Israeli criticism that UN troops should do more to stop Hezbollah from receiving arms shipments. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) – established in 1978 – patrols Lebanon’s southern […]

Military Aug 31

Machine gun attack on U.N. Mali base in Timbuktu kills seven

Machine gun attack on U.N. Mali base in Timbuktu kills seven

Gunmen attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu on Monday, officials said, killing seven people, including five Malian security guards, a gendarme and civilian. “An attack has been launched against one of our camps in Timbuktu (by) unknown men with machine guns,” Radhia Achouri, a spokeswoman for the U.N. […]

UNDOF command element. General Iqbal Singh Singha stands center and General Lito Sobejana is standing on his left hand side. Picture courtesy of the United Nations.

That time Philippine troops blew off illegal UN orders at the Golan Heights and shot it out with al-Nusra

General Cirilito “Lito” Sobejana joined the Golan Heights United Nations mission in 2013 as the Chief of Staff of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) responsible for ensuring that Syria and Israel do not violate the Agreement on Disengagement that they signed at the end of the 1973 Yom-Kippur War. For Sobejana and his Philippine […]

Expert Analysis Jul 13

French and West African presidents launch Sahel force

French and West African presidents launch Sahel force

African powers launched a new multinational military force to tackle Islamist militants in the Sahel on Sunday, which French President Emmanuel Macron told a regional summit should be fully operational by the autumn despite its current budget shortfall. Some observers see the initiative of the G5 Sahel bloc – Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and […]

Al Qaeda branch rallies jihadists to join forces after Mali merger

Al Qaeda branch rallies jihadists to join forces after Mali merger

The merger of Mali’s main jihadist groups earlier this month was endorsed on Friday by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), whose leader rallied other jihadist organizations to follow suit and “achieve unity”. The SITE Intelligence Group quoted AQIM’s Abu Musab Abdul Wadud congratulating the groups for joining forces under the command of veteran […]

Turkey’s Erdogan renews war of words, blames Dutch peacekeepers for Srebrenica massacre

Turkey’s Erdogan renews war of words, blames Dutch peacekeepers for Srebrenica massacre

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday directed fresh verbal attacks at the Netherlands amid their growing diplomatic spat, holding the country responsible for Europe’s worst mass killing since World War II. In a televised speech, Erdogan referred to the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia, […]

U.N. council to vote Monday on monitoring Aleppo evacuation

U.N. council to vote Monday on monitoring Aleppo evacuation

The U.N. Security Council agreed on a draft resolution aimed at ensuring that U.N. officials can monitor evacuations from the Syrian city of Aleppo and will vote on the text on Monday, diplomats said after several hours of negotiations. The council had been scheduled to vote on Sunday on a French draft, but Russia, an […]

4 killed, 14 injured in anti-UN protest in Central African Republic

4 killed, 14 injured in anti-UN protest in Central African Republic

Four people were killed and 14 — including five UN peacekeepers — were injured in anti-UN violence Monday in the Central African Republic, according to a statement from the stabilization mission in the country. It was not clear how the four people died or how serious injuries were. Government forces and peacekeepers responded to unrest […]

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