In early November, a false rumor began circulating among Facebook and WhatsApp users in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation, MONUSCO, had pro…

Last week, at least 15 people died in protests demanding United Nations (UN) peacekeepers leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The week before, the military junta ruling Mali halted troop…

Over the past two decades, the Protection of Civilians (POC) and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agendas have grown in parallel and are often linked in mandated language provided by the United Nations…