Peacekeepers
The Egyptian Armed Forces mourned on Friday the killing of two Egyptian peacekeepers and the injury of another in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion while carrying out a mission in central Mali.
The G5 is a task-force of soldiers from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania created last year to root out jihadist violence in West Africa's semi-arid Sahel region.
S uspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 15 Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers and wounded 53 others.
Fourteen United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and more than 40 wounded in attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
May 29 marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers with this year’s theme titled “Investing in peace around the world.”
May 29 marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
