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ADF STAFF As United Nations peacekeeping missions in Africa face criticism, protests and, in some cases, are being forced to withdraw, the mission in the Central African Republic has bucked the trend. In November, the U.N. Security…

ADF STAFF The United Nations recently marked an important anniversary on the continent — 25 years of actively protecting civilians with its peacekeeping missions. On October 22, 1999, the U.N. Security Council ended its observer mission…

ADF STAFF Sexual violence against women and girls of all ages is rampant in war-torn Sudan, including rape, gang rape, forced marriages and sexual slavery. A new United Nations report found that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia is…

ADF STAFF The new African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is expected to differ significantly from previous AU missions in the country. While the previous missions struggled with multiple, sometimes…

ADF STAFF The United States has provided a second $5.5 million state-of-the-art Level 2 field hospital to the Ugandan military to help with rapid deployment to regional peacekeeping missions, humanitarian emergencies and medical crises.…

ADF STAFF With almost half of all United Nations peacekeeping operations located in Africa, the continent has been the site of many successes, challenges and hard-earned lessons. In order to share some of these lessons, 10 senior leaders…

ADF STAFF Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an August 21 suicide bomb attack that killed 10 people, including seven security officers and two civilians, at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu. In another August attack,…

ADF STAFF Details are emerging about the new peacekeeping mission that will succeed the African Union’s current multilateral force in Somalia known as ATMIS when it concludes operations at the end of this year. On August 1, the AU adopted…

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 In the decades after the Congo Wars of the 1990s, widespread armed conflict has touched the lives of nearly everyone in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recent reports revealed the tangled morass of…