News tagged with 'peacekeepers'. Found 8 tagged news.

Mission Congo: In the thick of brutal conflict

Brazzaville :: Congo | about 1 month ago

At a shooting range, she would have been picking off targets and bettering her score. In Congo’s blood-spattered battlefields, her worry is to keep the Indian UN peacekeepers well supplied with weaponry and provisions, by no means an easy task. Each time...

Tags: conflict, peacekeepers, armed groups, North Kivu Indian, government force, abuse women, Congo, force continue

UN accused of Congo cover-up

Brazzaville :: Congo | 6 months ago

The latest allegation comes a week after the United Nations confirmed that it was investigating accusations that its peacekeepers in eastern Congo committed sexual abuses, which aid workers said involved paying children for sex. The New York Times that...

Tags: peacekeepers, arms, gold, Congo

Ban urges probe into UN Congo mission

Karāchi :: Pakistan | 6 months ago

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) published confidential UN documents on Friday, showing serious allegations of gold smuggling and arms trading by Pakistani and Indian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo...Ban rejected the allegations...

Tags: peacekeepers, congo, arms, gold, probe, UN Congo, ivory, DR Congo, democratic republic

UN ignored peacekeeper abuses in Congo, group says

Dakar :: Senegal | 7 months ago

Confidential UN documents made public for the first time by the rights group detail witness accounts that peacekeepers smuggled gold, traded weapons and ammunition with rebels and militia, and blocked efforts to disarm rebel fighters. (Reuters) |

Tags: peacekeepers, gold, arms, Confidential UN, Congo

Damning UN Reports at Center of Guns for Gold Leaked

New York :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago

Posted by zipdadoda

These reports were at the center of a BBC report which claimed that the UN covered up that its troops in DR of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory. The allegations were based on confidential UN sources, involve Pakistani and Indian...

Tags: UN, Report, peacekeepers, gold, gun, ivory

UN rejects BBC report accusing Indian peacekeepers of wrongdoings in Congo

Karāchi :: Pakistan | 7 months ago

UN has rejected two-to-three year old allegations by a BBC Radio report accused Indian troops of wrongdoings and mismanagement in Congo. A United Nations spokesperson said that the BBC report was based on either hearsay or comes from sources such as militia...

Tags: report, peacekeepers, congo, bbc report, BBC Radio

More Allegations UN Armed Militias, Smuggled Gold and Ivory

Mbanza-Ngungu :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 7 months ago

Posted by zipdadoda

Allegations continue that the UN has covered up claims that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory. Based on confidential UN sources, it involve Pakistani and Indian troops working as peace keepers....

Tags: UN, DR Congo, peacekeepers, gold, arms, ivory

UN troops 'armed DR Congo rebels'

Karāchi :: Pakistan | 7 months ago

The allegations, based on confidential UN sources, involve Pakistani and Indian troops working as peacekeepers. The UN investigated some of the claims in 2007, but said it could not substantiate claims of arms dealing. UN insiders told the BBC's Panorama...

Tags: peacekeepers, congo, arms, report, gold, UN Mission, ivory, DR Congo, Pakistani, BBC, gave arms, Carnegie Moscow Center, moscow times, India, arms deals, smuggled gold, United Nations