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 UN Pleads for Troops 
 as Congo Battle Rages 

Peacekeepers overwhelmed as rebels advance against government troops

Associated Press Associated Press 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 General Nkunda is threatening to take the capital—and then the country. More »

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

Russians Pull Back, But West Not Satisfied

'Peacekeeping' posts appear likely to remain on Georgian soil

New York Times New York Times 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(Newser) - Having withdrawn from the Georgian city of Gori, Russia said tonight it is in full compliance with a cease-fire agreement, the New York Times reports.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, plus perimeter posts on Georgian soil—installations it says are permanent and part of a “peacekeeping” mission. More »

More about:  Russia • Georgia • United States • Mikheil Saakashvili • ceasefire • peacekeeping force • peacekeeper

Opinion

US Must Seize Chance to Make Impact on Darfur

Farrow: Use term atop UN Security Council
to cement support

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal 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 actress and the ex-ambassador explain, so the US must coordinate support and training. More »

More about:  Sudan • Darfur • Crisis in Darfur • UN Security Council • peacekeeper • Mia Farrow • peacekeeping mission

Darfur Sees New Cycle of Bloodshed, Refugees

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

New York Times New York Times 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 the area, creating “a population that is just being attacked from both sides.” More »

NATO Seals Kosovo Borders

Troops called in after mobs burn border posts

BBC BBC 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, where the foreign minister yesterday vowed that Kosovo would be a part of his nation forever. More »

More about:  NATO • Serbia • Kosovo • Kosovar independence • peacekeeper • Ethnic Serbs

Violence Erupts in Split Kosovo

New country 'inches away from partition'

Reuters Reuters 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 are inches from partition,” said one Western official. More »

More about:  United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • Kosovar independence • peacekeeper • Ethnic Serbs • Ethnic Albanians

Rebels Flee Chad's Capital

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

Associated Press Associated Press 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 army was in control: “The savage mercenaries are routed.” More »

More about:  France • Sudan • Darfur • Chad • peacekeeping force • peacekeeper • rebels • Idriss Deby

China Raises Profile in Africa

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

Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor 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 good and do well in large and small ways. More »

More about:  China • United Nations • Africa • Sudan • World Bank • peacekeeper

Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers

Suicide attack piques terrorism
worries; Fatah al-Islam suspected

Reuters Reuters 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 Nahr al-Bared refugee camp last month. More »

More about:  bombing • Lebanon • Sunni • bomb • car bomb • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • peacekeeper • Nahr al Bared • Lebanese Army

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