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  2. Initial events of the Rwandan genocide - Wikipedia

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    However, the presidential guard took control of the state radio station that morning and Madame Uwilingyimana had to cancel her speech. Later that day, the presidential guard assassinated her along with 10 Belgian UNAMIR peacekeepers. At 9:00 p.m., Dallaire learned that Belgians had been killed and Ghanaians brought to safety by Hutu forces.

  3. United Nations peacekeeping - Wikipedia

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    United Nations peacekeeping was initially developed during the Cold War as a means of resolving conflicts between states by deploying unarmed or lightly armed military personnel from a number of countries, commanded by the UN, to areas where warring parties were in need of a neutral party to observe the peace process.

  4. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    The entrance to the UN base where four UN peacekeepers were killed during the 2006 conflict Lebanon cedar planted in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland to commemorate Irish soldiers who died on UN service. As of 31 July 2024, UNIFIL has had 326 fatalities since 1978. [235] They include the following nationalities: [236]

  5. UN announces first 2 deaths of UN peacekeepers from COVID-19

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    Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday announced the deaths of the first two U.N. peacekeepers from COVID-19. The U.N. said one was from Cambodia and the other from El Salvador. Guterres ...

  6. UN peacekeeper killed, 8 seriously injured in northern Mali ...

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    Attackers killed one U.N. peacekeeper and seriously injured eight others Friday in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate, the United Nations said. The ...

  7. 2 UN peacekeepers killed in 6th incident in Mali in 2 weeks - AOL

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    Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed Friday when their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali in the sixth incident in less than two weeks targeting the U.N ...

  8. International incidents during the 2006 Lebanon War - Wikipedia

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    Aftermath of IDF airstrike on UN patrol base Khiam, Lebanon, 2006 The entrance to the UN base where four UN peacekeepers were killed during the 2006 Lebanon conflict. During the 2006 July War, a number of international incidents occurred in Lebanon, largely involving United Nations personnel who have come under a number of attacks by Israeli ...

  9. 2017 Semuliki attack - Wikipedia

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    The attack resulted in the deaths of fifteen United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania and wounded 53 others. Additionally, one peacekeeper remains missing. [4] A further five Congolese government troops were killed. According to a Congolese army captain, 72 ADF fighters were killed though this number remains unconfirmed. [20]