The escalating violence has left many Malians in a state of fear and uncertainty, especially in the hardest-hit areas like Timbuktu.
India, Bangladesh, Egypt, France, Morocco and Nepal are co-chairs of the ‘Group of Friends to Promote Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers’ launched on Thursday during India’s current presidency of the UN...
The United Nations confirmed that one peacekeeper and two international policemen serving with the U.N. peacekeeping force were killed and another injured at the UN base in Butembo in North Kivu province in the east when...
The UN Security Council condemned the attack, emphasizing the need for accountability and warning that targeting peacekeepers could lead to sanctions.
In the first three months of this year, they said 543 civilians were killed and 269 injured, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.
U.N. Security Council members widely agree the peacekeeping mission, known as MINUSMA, needs to continue.
Since October, M23 violence has surged and the rebels have seized more territory including Rutshuru Center and Kiwanja and destroyed a newly established site for displaced Congolese who had recently returned from Uganda.
Indian Ambassador to South Sudan, Vishnu Sharma said that the country is a “beacon of hope for the communities you are on the ground to serve. You have done the United Nations and your country very proud”
The project, for which India has contributed $1.64 million, was launched in the presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the UN headquarters....
