In Focus | Africa, United Nations
Chad, Togo and Ivory Coast vie for blue helmet contracts

Amid Europe's gradual military withdrawal from Mali and as peacekeeping needs grow in the Central African Republic, three states are jostling for lucrative troop contribution contracts. But the UN's strict rules on equipment and training place tall hurdles in the way of their ambitions. [...]
Published on 16.05.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 6 minutes Maxime Paszkowiak
A Chadian MINUSMA soldier parades during a visit by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous to Tessalit, Mali, in March 2013.
A Chadian MINUSMA soldier parades during a visit by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations HervĂ© Ladsous to Tessalit, Mali, in March 2013. © UN Photo/Marco Dormino
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