Seen But Not Heard: Community voices on peacekeeping in CAR, DRC, Mali and South Sudan

Mura, Virginia; Saade, Rita

dc.contributor.author	Mura, Virginia
dc.contributor.author	Saade, Rita
dc.date.accessioned	2025-10-10T16:16:53Z
dc.date.available	2025-10-10T16:16:53Z
dc.date.issued	2025-10-15
dc.identifier.doi	10.21201/2025.000093
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/621739
dc.description	<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>The UN peacekeeping operations have been deployed to CAR, DRC, Mali and South Sudan with the primary goal of ensuring the protection of civilians, and while the missions have succeeded at maintaining a partial level of stability, affected populations are still exposed to protection threats on a daily basis. With an increasing mismatch between resources and inflated mandates, a widening gap between populations’ expectations and reality, and increasing levels of distrust, UN peacekeeping operations have struggled to sustain their legitimacy. MINUSMA and DRC MONUSCO have already been expelled totally and partially by the national governments, raising questions about the future of peacekeeping and their role in ensuring the protection of civilians.</p> <p>This study identifies key and fundamental shortcomings in the peacekeeping missions’ intervention and ways of working, to which it presents concrete and comprehensive recommendations. The study also highlights local and traditional community protection and conflict management mechanisms, which are promising and provide an opportunity for inclusive and durable peace.</p> </body> </html>	en_US
dc.format.extent	39	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	French	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam in Africa	en_US
dc.relation.url	http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/seen-but-not-heard-community-voices-on-peacekeeping-in-car-drc-mali-and-south-s-621739
dc.subject	Conflict and disasters	en_US
dc.subject	Humanitarian	en_US
dc.title	Seen But Not Heard: Community voices on peacekeeping in CAR, DRC, Mali and South Sudan	en_US
dc.type	Research report	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Central African Republic	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	The Democratic Republic of Congo	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Mali	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	South Sudan	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Protection of civilians	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Peacekeeping	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Peacekeepers	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Consultation	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Community perceptions	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2025-10-15T00:00:00Z