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Peacekeepers Without Peace: The Untold Story of UN Missions, Civilian Suffering, and Resource Exploitation in the Congo

Peacekeepers Without Peace: The Untold Story of UN Missions, Civilian Suffering, and Resource Exploitation in the Congo

Byamungu, Justin Patrice

Paperback

African HistoryExplorationGeneral World History

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ISBN13: 9798279344451
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 21 2025
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

You were told the UN sent troops to bring peace. This book shows what happened when 'peacekeepers' walked into a land already hollowed out by profit, politics, and war. Clear-eyed, hard-hitting, and deeply reported, Peacekeepers Without Peace strips away the uniforms and reveals the human cost beneath the blue helmets in the Congo. Through eyewitness testimony, leaked memos, and on-the-ground reporting, this book pieces together a pattern of failure: mandates stretched thin, commanders out of touch, aid diverted, and local populations left to fend for themselves. It chronicles how armed groups, multinational corporations, corrupt officials - and sometimes the very forces meant to protect civilians - exploited mineral wealth and local vulnerability. The result: displacement, sexual violence, broken economies, and communities that trusted peacekeepers only to be abandoned. This is not mere indictment for shock value. It's a practical account of what went wrong, why it mattered, and how systems of accountability collapsed. You'll meet survivors, whistleblowers, and UN staff who tried to change things and were stonewalled. You'll see the mechanics of resource extraction - from clandestine supply chains to shell companies - and how they financed conflict while international missions often turned a blind eye. If you want clear evidence, sober analysis, and human stories that refuse to be ignored, this book delivers. It lays out policy failures and offers concrete recommendations for reform so future missions can better protect civilians rather than protect access to resources. Not an accusation from the sidelines - a field guide for anyone who wants to understand what peacekeeping has become and how it might finally be made to work.

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