Cuts in international support threaten the work of the women and men bringing hope to the world’s most vulnerable people
Jean-Pierre Lacroix is UN under-secretary general for peace operations
At a time when conflicts spill across borders, Am-Dafock – a town built on marshy ground in the far north of Central African Republic – offers a powerful example of why UN peacekeeping matters, even if such successes rarely make international news.
In response to the growing impact of the war in neighbouring Sudan in 2024, the UN peacekeeping mission – known as Minusca – established a temporary base at the border town near Birao to protect displaced and refugee communities and create stability for the delivery of life-saving aid.
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