UN peacekeeping force 'brought cholera to Haiti'
The disease has killed more than 5,500 people and sickened more than 363,000 others since it was discovered in October.
View ArticleBomb wounds five UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
The explosion occurred near to the port city of Sidon targeted a UNIFIL convoy along the highway at 6pm local time, injuring five French soldiers.
View ArticleUN condemns attack on peacekeepers in Ivory Coast
Seven peacekeepers were killed during Friday’s ambushes.
View ArticleFallen Irish peacekeepers commemorated
Simultaneous commemorations being held around the country on 8 July.
View ArticleCentral African Republic is 'on verge of genocide'
“You have seven surgeons for a population of five million, an infant mortality rate of 25 per cent… and 1.5 million people who have nothing”.
View ArticleIreland sends €2 million to South Sudan as 4 million people face starvation
A second ceasefire in the country has collapsed and both rebels and government forces are blocking the paths of UN peacekeepers.
View ArticleIrish peacekeepers safe but "on high alert" after Golan Heights kidnappings
Irish personnel secured a route and provided security as UNDOF troops withdrew from a position today.
View ArticleUN confirms militants have released kidnapped UN peacekeepers
The Al Qaeda-linked group has safely returned 45 Fijian troops, kidnapped at the Golan Heights.
View ArticleThe situation in the Golan Heights is going from bad to worse
The Phillippines has pulled all of its peacekeepers out of the region.
View ArticleIrish peacekeepers are going to train their African counterparts
A new training programme has been announced by Minister Charlie Flanagan.
View ArticleMan arrested over 1980 murders of Irish soldiers in Lebanon
Mahmoud Bazzi was deported from the US today.
View ArticleIrish troops could free up France to fight Isis
France is considering withdrawing from some peacekeeping missions.
View ArticleDefence Forces honoured with award for humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts
The Irish force has been involved in the rescue of thousands of migrants.
View ArticleFourteen UN peacekeepers killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
It is understood many of the dead are from Tanzania.
View Article'You should be proud': Taoiseach visits Irish troops serving in Lebanon this...
This Christmas some 580 troops will be serving overseas.
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