News Roundup – 30 July 2014
Is the UN peacekeeper selection process flawed? The Open Society recently supported four reports on the vetting and selection of peacekeepers which have been published in June/ July 2014:-
Bangladesh: sending death squads to keep the UN’s peace
Vetting in Nepal: challenges and issues
Nigeria: navigating secrecy in the vetting and selection of peacekeepers
India: tainting the UN’s blue helmets (NB:link broken – will be mended when fixed!)
Colombian peacetalks will fail without government concessions, warns FARC.
Deaths reported in Iraqi army raid.
Gunned down in Mombasa, the clerics that have died.
Military Offensives free DRC villages (see end of article for audio interview with MONUSCO military spokesperson).
Philippino rebels kill 21 villagers over peace deal.
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Ezequiel Heffes
Rogier Bartels
Sam Jackson