Peacekeeping Mission
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Mali peacekeeping mission hits close to home for small Quebec farming townFor more than 30 years, the 1,500-person farming community an hour east of Montreal has formed a deep and improbable friendship with the town of Sanankoroba, a rural Malian community some 30 kilometres south of the capital city of Bamako.CanadaJul 14, 2018
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A dozen Canadian troops land in Mali in for year-long peacekeeping missionThe mission in Mali comes amid ongoing political debate as well as questions about whether there is any peace to actually keep on the country.CanadaJun 24, 2018
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Feds put new peacekeeping mission on hold as Trump administration settles inThe Liberal government has pushed pause on its plan to deploy peacekeepers to Africa, as it seeks to get a better handle on what the Trump administration's arrival means for Canada's defence priorities.CanadaJan 24, 2017
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Better training needed for peacekeepers, new UN chief saysThe United Nations' incoming secretary-general said Monday that he wants U.N. peacekeepers to be better trained and more respectful of human rights, amid pressure on the organization to address a series of sexual abuse allegations.WorldNov 28, 2016
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Harjit Sajjan travelling to Mali as feds decide next peacekeeping missionDefence Minister Harjit Sajjan will travel to Mali and Senegal later this week as the Liberal government considers where to send hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers.CanadaNov 1, 2016
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Harjit Sajjan to visit DRC ahead of peacekeeping mission decisionDefence Minister Harjit Sajjan will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo next week as part of a trip to Africa to collect information for a potential future Canadian peacekeeping mission on the continent.CanadaAug 4, 2016
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