Tag: Peacekeepers
Sanction erring peace keepers, Nigeria urges UN
Nigeria has condemned acts of crime by UN officials saying, it would continue to advocate that officials found culpable of…
China deploys 165 peacekeepers to South Sudan
China on Tuesday deployed 165 peacekeepers to South Sudan Tuesday on a one-year mission.
China to dispatch 268 peacekeepers to South Sudan
China will dispatch a battalion of 268 peacekeepers to South Sudan for a one-year mission.
UN chief honours 3 Nigerian fallen peacekeepers
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal to 129 military, police and civilian personnel, including three Nigerians,…
Peacekeepers no longer enjoy enough protection from UN flag, report says
The UN should accept that its flag itself no longer offers enough protection for the peacekeepers and they need better…
UN honours slain 14 peacekeepers
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers killed…
Nigeria to deploy 800 soldiers to Darfur for Peacekeeping
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday said Nigeria would deploy 800 soldiers to the United Nations…
UN posthumous medals for 126 fallen peacekeepers – Ban
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Saturday in New York, gave posthumous awards of Dag Hammarskjöld medal to 126 peacekeepers…
Six UN peacekeeping troops injured in Mali blast
Six UN peacekeeping troops were injured in a blast Sunday in northeastern Mali, where four UN trucks were also torched…
Gunmen kill 17 Muslims in C. Africa
Gunmen have killed 17 Muslims at a camp in the centre of the strife-torn Central African Republic in the latest…
Peacekeeper killed, three wounded in Darfur
A Rwandan peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded in a gunbattle Saturday after trying to mediate a tribal…