U.N. peacekeeper - The African Mirror

Jul

2023

Attack on patrol kills one U.N. peacekeeper in Central African Republic

A United Nations peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed on Monday in an attack on their patrol in northeast Central African Republic (CAR), the U.N. said. The attack took place 3 km (1.86 miles) from the town of Sam-Ouandja. Three of the assailants were killed and one captured during the attack, it said in a statement. U.N. peacekeepers were deployed to CAR in 2014 to help curb violence that broke out a year earlier when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted then-president Francois Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias. No militia was directly blamed for the latest attack, which the peacekeeping…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

Congo blames rebels for U.N. peacekeeper death as insecurity spurs protests

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CONGO'S government blamed M23 rebels for an attack on a helicopter that killed a United Nations peacekeeper, as hundreds in the eastern city of Goma demonstrated over spiralling insecurity in the region. Militia violence has racked the Democratic Republic of Congo's vast mineral-rich east for two decades despite local and regional military interventions and U.N. peacekeeping efforts. A helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force MONUSCO came under fire on Sunday after taking off from the city of Beni. A South African peacekeeper was killed and another wounded. Neither South Africa nor MONUSCO said who might be responsible, nor what kind of weapon…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

South African peacekeeper killed in DRC after U.N. chopper comes under fire

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ONE U.N. peacekeeper from South Africa was killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force came under fire while in mid-air, the U.N. mission in Congo and South Africa's military said. The helicopter came under fire after taking off from the city of Beni in the early afternoon. Another South African peacekeeper was also wounded in the attack but could continue flying and landed safely at the airport of the provincial capital Goma, the South African National Defence Force said in a statement. Neither South Africa nor the U.N. mission called MONUSCO…