Report by Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected]Rep. Smith, a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed of Liberia, said the army is experiencing attrition and there’s an urgent need to prioritize it with “every available resource”. According to him, the Contingent discourse a high mark with the United Nations and leaders of the African contingencies which has transcended into a green light from the UN that Liberia platoon size is double. He, along with Senator Jonathan Kaipay of Grand Bassa County – a member of the Senate Defense Committee, represented the Legislature at the medal parade that brought together military personnel from various countries on March 13 this year. The Mali mission is the first since Liberia rebuilt its army from scratch after the civil war and the second in its history, after it sent peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1960s. In the past years, over 100 peacekeepers have been killed — making the UN mission in Mali, the world body’s deadliest ongoing peace operation.

Source: Front Page Africa April 06, 2020 08:03 UTC