Ten years ago, stories near endemic violence inwards the Darfur percentage of Sudan oftentimes made headlines inwards the West. The conflict in that location continues sporadically but is all but forgotten today. This month, the Security Council agreed to slash the release of peacekeepers inwards the articulation United Nations-African Union Mission inwards Darfur, or UNAMID, yesteryear almost half, amongst a thought to closing the mission exclusively inwards 2020. The determination created barely a ripple beyond the council.
Nonetheless, the drawdown of UNAMID potentially marks a turning betoken for U.N. peacekeeping operations. As I convey previously noted, the mission is ane of v big blue-helmet operations inwards volatile countries inwards Africa that instantly stand upwards for the mass of the organization’s peacekeeping work. The others are inwards the Central African Republic, Mali, South Sudan as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. All v confront recurrent violence. None has a clear leave of absence strategy. But Security Council members, notably the U.S., insist that these missions cannot proceed indefinitely. So how volition they end?
UNAMID has been a item headache for the U.N. since it replaced a smaller African strength inwards 2008. Strung out over a huge area, the mission struggled inwards the confront of attacks yesteryear local forces as well as bandits. Its presence did non deter the Sudanese regime from launching campaigns against local rebels, displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians. Just concluding month, the mission reported that regime forces were blocking its personnel from investigating a serious novel burst of violence. ...
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