Major-General Anita Asmah
Meet the Ghanaian appointed as UN’s first African woman force commander
Major-General Anita Asmah is the first African woman to serve as a UN Force Commander. The 59-year-old is the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in December. As a United Nations peacekeeping mission, UNDOF’s duties include maintaining the ceasefire between Israel…
