Military overtones vibrate through renowned Mali arts festival
Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...
Military vibes colour renowned Mali arts festival
Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...
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Liberia: This Is Our Time For Liberia to be Seated At The UN Security Council, But
The government of President Joseph N. Boakai is applauded for the launch of the national campaign for Liberia’s candidacy for ...
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Africa will play a crucial role in the rising new world
OPINIONBy Alexey DrobininI prefer to die with my head unbowed, my faith unshakeable and with profound trust in the destiny of my country, rather than live under subjection and disregarding sacred ...
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Stefanik pledges an 'America First' agenda at the UN and a review of US funding
The U.S. currently owes $1.5 billion to the U.N. regular budget and $1.3 billion almost entirely to the separate U.N. peacekeeping ... woman on both the House Armed Services Committee and the ...
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Liberia: President Boakai Pledges to Build a Stronger, More Capable Armed Forces of Liberia
President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has committed to transforming the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) into one of the most ...
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UN: After taking Goma, M23 rebels head to Congo's Bukavu
The United Nations' peacekeeping chief said Friday that M23 ... reporters of the rebels who are backed by the Rwandan Defense Forces. "There is an airport in the vicinity of where they are ...
EWN Sport14d
Southern African leaders hold crisis talks on DR Congo conflict
Soldiers of the Armed forces of the Democratic republic of ... from South Africa and Malawi deployed as part of regional peacekeeping efforts. The two countries as well as the DRC are members ...
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What is happening in eastern Congo, where rebels captured a key city?
Mariam Nasibu stands by her 10-year-old daughter Deborah, who was wounded in the fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces, in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan ...
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The SAMIDRC Deployment: peacekeeping or peace enforcement?
While some claim the deployment is a peacekeeping ... Finally, the Status of Forces Agreement also outlines the SAMIDRC mandate, which includes among others the task to support the DRC to ‘neutralise ...
Seattle Times15d
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like ... according to data from the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED.
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South Africa: Support Being Given to Families of 13 Fallen Soldiers in Eastern DRC
The fighting in the eastern DRC intensified due to escalations by the rebel group M23 and the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) militia engaging the Armed Forces ... is a regional peacekeeping initiative ...