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NEWS ABOUT: peacekeeper

peacekeeper stories: 11 news summaries

 UN Staffers  
 Kidnapped in Darfur 

Peacekeeping troops establish contact, plead for their release

Aug 29, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two staffers supporting peacekeeping operations in Darfur were kidnapped from their homes this morning, the AP reports. The joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force has established contact with the abductors. “We are here to protect civilians," the head of the mission told them. "We are not part of... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • kidnapping • peacekeeping force • peacekeeper

 Attacks on Aid Workers 
 Hit Record in 2008 

It's more dangerous to distribute aid than fight as a UN peacekeeper

Apr 6, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A shocking number of fatal attacks on international aid workers made 2008 the most dangerous year yet to perform such work, Reuters reports. Last year, 260 workers were attacked on the job, 122 fatally; the majority were working in Somalia, Darfur, or Afghanistan. The Center on International Cooperation’s study... More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • peacekeeper • aid workers • International Committee of the Red Cross

 UN Pleads for Troops 
 as Congo Battle Rages 

Peacekeepers overwhelmed as rebels advance against government troops

Oct 29, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The overwhelmed United Nations peacekeeping force in eastern Congo is urgently calling for reinforcements, the AP reports. A surge in fighting between Congolese government troops and forces led by a renegade general has sent tens of thousands fleeing. The UN currently has only 6,000 troops in North Kivu, where... More »

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United Nations • peacekeeper • Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Hutu • Tutsi • Kivu • Goma • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

Russians Pull Back, But West Not Satisfied

'Peacekeeping' posts appear likely to remain on Georgian soil

Aug 22, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having withdrawn from the Georgian city of Gori, Russia said tonight it is in full compliance with a cease-fire agreement, the New York Times reports. Despite criticism from the US and France, nations that helped broker the deal, Moscow continues to occupy the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia,... More »

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Russia • Georgia • United States • peacekeeping force • peacekeeper • Mikheil Saakashvili • ceasefire

Opinion

US Must Seize Chance to Make Impact on Darfur

Farrow: Use term atop UN Security Council
to cement support

May 15, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will take over as president of the UN Security Council next month, and, in the Wall Street Journal, Mia Farrow and Nancy Soderberg say that ending the Darfur genocide should be a key goal during its term. Sudan is denying entry to all non-African UN peacekeepers, the... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • peacekeeping mission • Crisis in Darfur • Mia Farrow • peacekeeper • UN Security Council • Nancy Soderberg

Darfur Sees New Cycle of Bloodshed, Refugees

Recent upset in Chad has Sudanese military, janjaweed militias on warpath

Mar 2, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Darfur may be on a road back to the pitched fighting between rebels, militias and the Sudanese army that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions 5 years ago, prompting the US to call it genocide, the New York Times reports. The Sudanese government recently stepped up operations in... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Chad • genocide • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • African Union • peacekeeper • Sudanese Liberation Army • Janjaweed • Justice and Equality Movement

NATO Seals Kosovo Borders

Troops called in after mobs burn border posts

Feb 20, 08 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - NATO peacekeepers have sealed off Kosovo's northern borders after angry mobs torched border posts, the BBC reports. US troops have blocked the main road to Serbia, and French and Estonian troops have cut off the crossing to Montenegro. The move is bound to infuriate Serbs both in Kosovo and Serbia,... More »

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NATO • Serbia • Kosovo • peacekeeper • Kosovar independence • Ethnic Serbs • Montenegro • borders

Violence Erupts in Split Kosovo

New country 'inches away from partition'

Feb 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of Serbs torched government and UN buildings in Kosovo today in the worst violence since the country declared independence on Sunday, raising fears of an ethnic split, Reuters reports. Seemingly well-organized gangs rampaged near the border, driving off peacekeepers who tried to intervene. No injuries were reported. “We... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • peacekeeper • Kosovar independence • Ethnic Albanians • Ethnic Serbs

Rebels Flee Chad's Capital

Government declares victory; insurgents say move allows civilians
to escape hostilities

Feb 4, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Rebels pulled out of Chad’s capital city of N’Djamena last night, temporarily ending a 2-day siege, but renewed hostilities broke out today, the AP reports. The rebels said they pulled back to allow civilians to flee, an offer hundreds took advantage of. But the interior minister insisted the... More »

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Darfur • Chad • Sudan • France • peacekeeping force • peacekeeper • Idriss Deby • rebels

China Raises Profile in Africa

UN peacekeepers, volunteers, economic efforts reflect Beijing's new commitment

Jun 27, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is increasing the number of UN peackekeepers it sends to Africa and raising its profile on the continent, creating a kind of "peace corps" to address problems from job shortages to health care, the Christian Science Monitor reports. China, itself a developing nation, appears determined to both do... More »

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China • Africa • United Nations • World Bank • Sudan • peacekeeper

Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers

Suicide attack piques terrorism
worries; Fatah al-Islam suspected

Jun 25, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A car bomb killed six members of a Spanish UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon  yesterday, in the first attack in a year on peacekeepers there. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing near Khiyam, but observers suspect Fatah al-Islam, the same al-Qaeda-spawned Sunni group that battled Lebanon at the... More »

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Lebanon • Sunni • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • UNIFIL • bombing • bomb • car bomb • Lebanese Army • peacekeeper • Khiyam

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