By Cedric de Coning, Gracsious Maviza and Kheira Tarif Perhaps more than any other world leader, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has consistently integrated climate change into...
By Bitania Tadesse In recent years, Africa has witnessed multiple challenges due in part to the deteriorating state of governance, democratic backsliding, spread of terrorism, protracted and emerging...
The trajectory of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) over the last decade offers important considerations for the future of peacekeeping when it comes to the protection of...
by Eugene Chen Diplomats and United Nations (UN) Secretariat officials were caught off guard when, at the end of the June 16 Security Council meeting, the Malian authorities requested that the UN...
July 21, 2023 by Josh Jorgensen Now that the United Nations (UN) Security Council has voted to end MINUSMA's mandate and withdraw the mission within six months, civilians in Mali are at even greater...
By Lisa Sharland The United Nations (UN) Security Council’s decision in June to end the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) after a decade deployed in the country followed a request from the...
by Adam Day One week ago, the United Nations Security Council decided to terminate the mandate of the UN peace operation in Mali (MINUSMA), immediately ending the bulk of the mission’s core mandated...
Evaluating the mandate and political strategy for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ahead of the late June 2023 mandate renewal On May 18, 2023, the International Peace Institute (IPI), the Stimson...
By Halvard Buhaug, Cedric de Coning, and Nina von Uexkull Climate change is a controversial topic at the United Nations (UN) Security Council. The Council has adopted over 70 resolutions and...
Over the last two decades, places like the Sahel, Lake Chad Basin, Somalia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Northern Mozambique have experienced a rise (and in some cases, a...