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Posts Tagged: Mali

U.N. praises Peru as need for blue helmets increases

March 11, 2024 by W. Alex Sanchez in Americas.

UN peacekeepers try and control Haitians queueing for aid at a distribution point outside the Presidential palace in Port-au-Prince on January 25, 2010.

The United Nations needs as much possible support from its member states as it can muster when it comes to the plethora of peace missions it currently manages.

West African ebola outbreak raises alarm with spread to Mali

April 4, 2024 by Lora Moftah in Africa.

An isolation unit for suspected cases during a previous Ebola outbreak. Credit: Luis Encinas/MSF

The spread of the deadly virus across the region — and especially its entry into densely-populated urban centers — is so alarming that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called the outbreak a serious threat to regional security.

Mali’s IBK makes (small) step towards national unity

March 13, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Africa.

A French army convoy leaves camp at sunrise on November 2, 2013, during Operation Hydra near Gao in northern Mali.

Despite IBK’s pledge to foster ties between the south and the historically impoverished north – echoed notably to skittish foreign investors – a chasm remains between the nation’s two halves.

Mali’s junta purge continues amid tensions in North

February 14, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Africa.

A French army convoy leaves camp at sunrise on November 2, 2013, during Operation Hydra near Gao in northern Mali.

With troops mired down in the Central African Republic, France needs its Mali success to remain just that.

Hollande launches U.S. visit, as Africa policy flip-flops

February 10, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Europe, U.S..

rance's President Francois Holland

Monday saw the Elysée shying away from intervention in Libya — a hotbed of al Qaeda-linked terrorism if ever there was one.

As C.A.R. prepares for elections, France hopes to repeat Mali success

January 17, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Africa.

French soldiers of the BOALI operation in Central African Republic stand guard at a checkpoint near Bangui Airport on October 10, 2024

Even if the C.A.R. selects a qualified interim president, Paris’ hopes for a December vote remain ambitious.

France uneasy about Africa role, as C.A.R. conflict intensifies

December 5, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Africa, Europe.

French soldiers patrol in their armoured personnel carrier (APC) during fighting in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 5, 2013. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

French troops waiting for the U.N. go-ahead in C.A.R. on Thursday were taken by surprise by skirmishes in the capital of Bangui.

France digs in on CAR

November 26, 2024 by David A. Andelman in Africa, Europe.

French soldiers of the BOALI operation in Central African Republic stand guard at a checkpoint near Bangui Airport on October 10, 2013. The Central African Republic has been shaken by a recent increase in clashes between ex-rebels of the Muslim Seleka coalition that led the coup and local self-defense groups formed by rural Christian residents, the religoin of around 80 percent of the population.

Ostensibly, the French are in the CAR only as a bridge-holding role until a pan-African or U.N. peacekeeping force can be assembled.

Is Mali destined for more of the same?

November 22, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Africa.

Mali's newly elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita speaks during a visit to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, on August 31, 2013.

The three-week campaign period preceding Sunday’s vote has been muted, with little popular enthusiasm.

After Mali, Hollande eyes victory in the C.A.R.

November 21, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Africa, Europe.

A French soldier of the BOALI operation in Central African Republic stands guard at a checkpoint near Bangui Airport on October 10, 2013.

Though a battlefield victory wouldn’t obscure the French leader’s domestic failings, it may slow his current free-fall.