By Khassim Diagne
For many people in Cyprus today, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus – Unficyp – feels like a familiar part of the landscape. The buffer zone, the blue helmets, the patrols through rural villages and in the narrow streets of old Nicosia are all woven into everyday life.
Yet it is easy to forget that these are not fixtures of the island – they are safeguards.
