Tag: Peacekeepers
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US pledges $3m to support Ghana’s women-specific body armor project
The United States government has pledged $3 million in collaboration with the Netherlands to support Ghana and Zambia in piloting women-specific body armor for...
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Army General accused of extorting $8000 from peacekeepers
One of the senior military officers promoted by President Akufo-Addo has been accused of engaging in illicit money collection from soldiers on peacekeeping...
Independent Africa
Mali and the UN: Reasons for telling peacekeepers to leave
Mali has informed the UN that its 12,000 peacekeepers must depart after ten years of battling Islamist extremists there.The military took over Mali last...
Independent Africa
Mali calls for ‘failing’ UN peacekeepers to withdraw
Mali's government has called for the withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping mission which it says has been a failure.Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said he...
Independent Africa
Tanzanian peacekeepers will be deported following allegations of mistreatment
The United Nations stated on Friday (June 9) that a unit of 60 Tanzanian troops would be returned from the Central African Republic following...