The impact of COVID-19 on peace operations in Africa

Where police with military status have been deployed as formed units, notably in Bosnia, Kosovo and East Timor, they have been deployed as whole, national squadrons.. They work in

The increasing complexity of peace operations and the growing willingness of international actors to assume extended responsibil- ity for the rule of law in often highly

The purpose of medical support for peace operations is “to secure the health and well-being of members of United Nations [peacekeeping operations] in a timely

Many of the activities that distinguish multidimensional UN peacekeeping from other international military operations is its civilian capacity to support political processes,

1 This background paper highlights some of the challenges related to assessing the performance of international peace operations and gives a presentation of recent United

We use the Norwegian-funded Training for Peace in Africa (TfP) as a case to explore the bottlenecks that hamper the recruitment and deployment of trained personnel, espe-

1 The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), the African Civilian Response Capacity for Peace Support Operations (AFDEM), Canada’s Civilian Reserve

However, this is likely to change and when the virus spreads to these countries peace operations will most likely have to make further changes to the way they work, both to