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India launches 'Group of Friends' to promote accountability for crime against peacekeepers

India, Bangladesh, Egypt, France, Morocco, and Nepal are co-chairs of the ‘Group of Friends to Promote Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers’ launched on Thursday during India’s current presidency of the UN Security Council

Two killed as UN peacekeepers open fire at DR Congo-Uganda border post

Video of the incident showed men, at least one in police uniform and another in army uniform, advancing towards the immobilised UN convoy behind a closed barrier in Kasindi. The town is in eastern DR Congo's Beni territory on the border with Uganda

2 UN peacekeepers from Egypt killed, 5 wounded in Mali

Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president. The power vacuum that resulted ultimately led to an Islamic insurgency and a French-led war that ousted the jihadists from power in 2013

India to focus on maritime security, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism during UNSC August presidency

India will assume the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council on 1 August

Islamic State claims responsibility for Mali attack which killed 53 soldiers, one civilian; group has claimed several strikes since Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death

At least 53 soldiers and one civilian have been killed in an attack on an army post in northern Mali, the government said, in one of the deadliest strikes against the West African country’s military in recent memory

Congo: Seven UN peacekeepers killed, 10 wounded in military operation against rebels; Antonio Guterres condemns killing

The UN spokesman declined to give details of the joint operation against ADF rebels in Congo, but said it was linked to efforts to combat the outbreak of Ebola.

India calls for 'dedicated' counter-IED resources in UN peacekeeping missions, cites history of casualties

Military Adviser in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Colonel Sandeep Kapoor said that an analysis of the fatal casualties among peacekeeping personnel in the last four years indicate that at least a quarter of them were due to improvised explosive devices (IED) attacks.

Sri Lanka Army to set up directorate to counter war crime charges levied on it during final phase of conflict with LTTE

The Sri Lankan Army has set up a special international directorate tasked with countering allegations of war crimes, Army Chief Mahesh Senanayake has said

DR Congo: 14 UN peacekeepers killed, over 53 others injured in militant attack

Rebels attacked a UN peacekeeping base in eastern Congo, killing at least 14 peacekeepers and wounding 53 others in the deadliest single assault on a UN mission

Two Indian peacekeepers to be posthumously awarded United Nations medal

Two Indian peacekeepers to be awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal for sacrificing their lives in the line of duty.