Un's Peacekeeping Nightmare In Africa Summary

The article titled “UN’s peacekeeping nightmare in Africa” by the author of Tomi Oladipo emphasizes the nightmare that the Africans had or is currently experiencing with the UN troop keepers. The author’s main points were focused on the reliability and efficiency of the UN’s peacekeeping troops throughout the article. First of all, Tomi (the author) illustrated the collateral damages that had been caused by the failure of the UN peacekeeping troops in Africa. For instance, he mentions certain cases where the UN troop’s failed to protect civilians in different occasions such as to protect civilians from armed rebel forces in July of 2016 and women and girls being raped near the UN’s compound. As the article continued, the author began to question