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Nigeria To Deploy 800 Soldiers To Darfur For Peacekeeping

David Folami — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:50:49 +0000

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday said Nigeria would deploy 800 soldiers to the United Nations Mission (UNAMID) in Dafur. Buratai made the disclosure at the Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Centre during the graduation of 755 soldiers and 45 officers that participated in the pre-deployment training in Jaji, Kaduna State. The [...]

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Anti-Balaka Militia releases 163 child soldiers from ranks in Central African Republic

AMA — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:37:47 +0000

The anti-Balaka militia has released 163 children from its ranks in the Central African Republic (CAR), a country where as many as 10,000 youth have been recruited to fight for armed groups since 2013. The children were handed over at a ceremony on Friday in the northern town of Batangafo that was facilitated by the [...]

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UN Peacekeepers face new Sex Abuse Allegations in CAR

AMA — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:52:04 +0000

By Al Jazeera Three young females, including a minor, have accused United Nations peacekeepers of raping them in the Central African Republic, the global body has announced, taking the number of allegations to 13 since the UN stationed troops in the country in September. The announcement on Wednesday comes a week after Ban Ki-Moon, UN [...]

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UN envoy meets with Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot leaders

UN News — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 04:35:45 +0000

17 September 2014 – The United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide today met today with the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, who reaffirmed their commitment to lead negotiations through a win-win approach and reach a settlement soon. “The leaders met today in a friendly and [...]

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Mali: UN peacekeeping chief cites progress on political track as key to stability

UN News — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:35:43 +0000

18 June 2014 – The time for peace talks in mali is now, the United Nations peacekeeping chief told the Security Council today, underscoring the importance of a successful political process to the country’s stability and reversing the sharp deterioration in the security situation in the northern town of Kidal. “A successful political process is [...]

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Ban returns to airwaves in Central African Republic to call for end to fighting

UN News — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:35:42 +0000

17 April 2014 – On the heels of his recent visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), where the deadly rift between Christians and Muslims continues to widen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today in a radio message appealed to all Central Africans to build a unified country through peace. “Your future is not partition and bloodshed. [...]

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EU ready to deploy delayed Central Africa Republic peacekeeping mission

Ade Adewale — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:35:44 +0000

The European Union on Saturday signalled that it is ready to deploy its delayed peacekeeping force to help put down the escalating crisis in Central African Republic, after obtaining additional backing for the mission. The troops were due to deploy…

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