MINUSMA

ADF STAFF A report analyzing the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali concludes that it was handicapped from the start by its narrow capabilities and the Malian government’s expectations. Researchers produced the report after a…

ADF STAFF Tuareg rebels in northern Mali recently announced the formation of a new coalition to fight the junta-led government for control of the territory known as Azawad. The new alliance, known as the Permanent Strategic Framework for…

Defenceweb Four United Nations peacekeeping missions in Africa are working to prevent and stop disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining mission credibility. MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), MINUSCA in the…

ADF STAFF Liberia’s journey with United Nations peacekeeping forces has come full circle over the course of two decades. In need of support after 14 years of unrest and two civil wars, the West African country hosted a U.N. peacekeeping…

ADF STAFF For years, Mali’s government and army have had virtually no presence in the strategic northern town of Kidal. Since he came to power in a 2020 coup, however, Col. Assimi Goïta has made clear his desire to retake the Tuareg rebel…

ADF STAFF In September, terrorists fired three rockets at a ferry on the Niger River, killing 49 people. Witnesses said the victims, all civilians, drowned or were burned to death. The terrorists reportedly were members of the…

ADF STAFF Peacekeepers are on the move across Africa. But rather than rushing in to quell violence, they are withdrawing from some of the continent’s worst conflict hotspots — the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mali and Somalia.…

ADF STAFF Two Malian Army aircraft came under gunfire from rebels in mid-August when they landed at a United Nations Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Tessalit. While the Malian Army said the attack…

ADF STAFF Shouting and gunfire filled the air on an August night in the central Malian farming village of Bujo. Mostly unarmed, Bujo’s residents had to flee to survive the sudden attack. By morning, 17 villagers were dead. Terrorists…

ADF STAFF More than 100 Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) vehicles deployed in a slow-moving convoy from the city of Gao on October 2. Their ultimate destination: the town of Kidal, a Tuareg stronghold in the north that has been controlled by a…