Peacekeeping Mission

• Mali peacekeeping mission hits close to home for small Quebec farming town

  For 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.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2018
  
• A dozen Canadian troops land in Mali in for year-long peacekeeping mission

  The mission in Mali comes amid ongoing political debate as well as questions about whether there is any peace to actually keep on the country.

  Canada

  Jun 24, 2018
  
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• Feds put new peacekeeping mission on hold as Trump administration settles in

  The 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.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2017
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• Better training needed for peacekeepers, new UN chief says

  The 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.

  World

  Nov 28, 2016
• Harjit Sajjan travelling to Mali as feds decide next peacekeeping mission

  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will travel to Mali and Senegal later this week as the Liberal government considers where to send hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2016
• Harjit Sajjan to visit DRC ahead of peacekeeping mission decision

  Defence 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.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2016