2015

African Nations Participate in Missions On and Off the Continent Africa has been a major contributor and a major recipient of peace operations over the years. In the 21st century alone, more than 50 peace operations have been deployed to…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Westgate Shopping Mall was a symbol of Kenya’s growing well-heeled middle class: a vast market crammed with flat-screen televisions, imported wines, and chilled cabinets of cheese and meats. Then, in a burst of…

Militaries Mobilize Against a New Enemy Soldiers, police and civilians join forces to halt the spread of one of earth’s deadliest diseases. Two-year-old Emile Ouamouno lived in a home like many others in his native Guinea. His small, rain…

A Ugandan General Leads The African Union Mission To Confront The Deadly Virus Maj. Gen. Julius Oketta of Uganda spoke with ADF on October 1, 2014, about the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA), for which he…

Mediation strategies can help end conflict and lay a foundation for lasting peace Nations trying to prevent or defuse conflict are experimenting with all types of peacekeeping strategies. They build coalitions of nations to intervene,…

Sophisticated equipment becomes more affordable and serves as a force multiplier in peacekeeping With unmanned aircraft changing the dynamics of warfare, it should come as no surprise that the technology is changing peacekeeping as well.…

After a series of crises, the African Union creates a new rapid-response mechanism for military intervention In October 2014, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop spoke before the United Nations Security Council and pleaded for help. His…

Efforts are Underway in Somalia and Elsewhere to Protect Civilians in Peacekeeping Missions As African Union forces tried to take back Mogadishu, Somalia, from al-Shabaab insurgents, they were faced with a deadly dilemma. Al-Shabaab had…

It’s danced to Tchaikovsky’s famous melody, but it’s not your traditional Christmas Nutcracker: South Africa’s Joburg Ballet has set the ballet in the Kalahari Desert among ancient Bushmen paintings. The winter theme has been replaced with…

Zimbabwe’s cricket team beat Australia for the first time in 31 years on August 31, 2014, as Captain Elton Chigumbura led his team to a three-wicket win in a one-day, three-team international tournament in Harare. Zimbabwe’s only previous…