MINUSMA

Landmine Threats Down, IED Threats Rising

By Josh Butler
Almost 90 percent of recent deaths or serious injuries to United Nations peacekeepers in Mali have been attributed to improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a U.N. panel has heard.

Peacekeepers Greenlighted for CAR, but Mission Will Take Months

By Samuel Oakford
Amid alarming reports of ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to send an official peacekeeping mission to the conflict-torn country where the minority Muslim population has all but disappeared in much its Western half.

Doubts Linger Over U.N. Troops’ Preparedness to Enter Mali

By Lydia Lim
As the new 12,600-strong United Nations peacekeeping forces don their blue helmets and prepare to take over from African-led forces in Mali, a nation consumed by corruption and extremism, concerns remain whether U.N. troops will successfully execute this transfer of authority.


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