Defence Minister Peter MacKay has floated the possibility that Canadian troops may be sent to help to train troops in Mali.
MacKay mulls Mali mission
Tag Archives: Canada and peacekeeping
Stewart: Get back to peacekeeping
CBC journalist Brian Stewart calls for Canada to once again contribute to UN peacekeeping operations.
Richler on military mythmaking
Noah Richler denounces the recent effort to change the self-image of Canadians from peacekeepers to warriors.
Peacekeeping: Lessons unlearned from Rwanda?
Earlier this month, civil conflict in South Sudan between the Murle and Nuer tribes resulted in the deaths of hundreds or possibly thousands of Murle people. A UN source said the number might be as high as 1,000, while a local Murle official estimated the number of deaths to be as high as 3,000 (Jeffrey […]