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  • On Boycotting the Beijing Olympics 13 May 2008 18:04 GMT
    ... Since my own expertise lies in understanding Sudan, and in particular , I’ll necessarily focus ... policy and human rights standards elsewhere in Africa. My own view is that there is ... most left over from the hopelessly inadequate African Union force in Darfur. The impending rainy season ...

  • Strategic Dialogue on the Beijing Olympics 13 May 2008 18:04 GMT
    ... send a signal to China over its Sudan policy by boycotting the opening ceremonies. Here they ... embodied in Resolution 1769 (which authorized the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)); voted for Resolution ...

  • Sudan's government expels Chadian diplomats 13 May 2008 17:36 GMT
    ... KHARTOUM, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government announced on Tuesday a decision to ... lodged a protest against Chad to the African Union Peace and Security Council, and will lodge ...

  • Nigeria wants AU observers for Zimbabwe run-off elections 13 May 2008 11:56 GMT
    ... has called for a large deployment of African Union observers to monitor run-off elections in Zimbabwe. ... Sierra Leone, Liberia, Somalia and currently in Sudan's western region of Darfur. 'Nigeria is the ...

  • IBSA calls for peace and stability in Darfur 13 May 2008 11:56 GMT
    ... By Fakir Hassen. Africa, 03:22 PM IST India, Brazil and South ... the escalating violence in resource-rich Darfur in Sudan and asked all parties to work for peace, ... statement. They also encouraged the UN and African Union (AU) special envoys to continue their efforts ...

  • The peacekeeping dragon is on safari 13 May 2008 10:52 GMT
    ... capital of the South Darfur state of Sudan, as part of the first batch of ... United Nations peacekeeping force deployed in the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). China's ...

  • There's method in China's peace push 13 May 2008 10:52 GMT
    ... arriving in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan as part of the long-debated, long-awaited United Nations ... of the long-debated, long-awaited United Nations and African Union hybrid mission. China now contributes over 7,000 ...

  • The Forgotten War in Somalia 13 May 2008 10:51 GMT
    ... and other officials; and conducted fieldwork in Kenya and Ethiopia. Overall, the GAO analysts assessed U.S. ... in the country, mainly by funding an African Union peacekeeping operation. However, a shortage of troops ...

  • The Week in Review 13 May 2008 10:51 GMT
    ... roads into the federal refuge. Bush pressures Sudan to stop mass killings in Darfur President Bush ... He said Sudan must allow U.N. and African Union peacekeeping forces to deploy into the region ...

  • The Indian elephant returns to Africa 13 May 2008 10:34 GMT
    ... Singh was unequivocal in his stance on Africa's resurgence. "India intends to be a partner ... Portuguese presence in Goa while the British East Africa protectorate, which comprised present-day Kenya and Uganda, was originally administered from Bombay ...

  • A birthday present for Mubarak 13 May 2008 10:34 GMT
    ... of Mubarak for standing up for his African ally, President Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan, claiming that no sanctions should be imposed ... in Darfur. Although Egypt supports the United Nations-African Union Peacekeeping force in Darfur with troops, it ...

  • Central Africa: Make Peace, Not War [editorial] 13 May 2008 10:32 GMT
    ... At last Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ... inside Uganda. In his capacity as the African Union (AU) chairman, and more so as a ...

  • Make Peace, Not War 13 May 2008 10:32 GMT
    ... At last Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ... inside Uganda. In his capacity as the African Union (AU) chairman, and more so as a ...

  • Don't coddle Beijing - it must account for its role in Darfur 13 May 2008 05:17 GMT
    ... in exchange for oil. This has enabled Sudan to systematically kill an estimated 300,000 Darfurians since ... deployment of the desperately needed 26,000-strong United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur. Ms. Gagnon and Mr. ...

  • TIME FOR CHANGE - Speech at UN Headquarters 13 May 2008 04:53 GMT
    ... hope this plan - for a 19,000 African Union-UN force - will be adopted later today. ... drive forward peace talks starting in Arusha Tanzania this weekend on 3rd august; and as ... lake but a dust bowl; farmers in Kenya are unable to identify the seasons in ...

  • UN Peacekeeping Paramilitarism 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... more. The UN did nothing during South Africa's border wars and invasion of Namibia in ... in Congo goes on in Kosovo, Liberia, Sudan (discussed below) and Haiti also discussed in detail ... to his interests. Currently a 7,000 force African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) operates in Darfur ...

  • 'Hard Bargaining' Necessary with Sudan on Darfur Peacekeeping Force 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... for CFR.org. In August 2007, the UN Security Council authorized a 26,000 strong joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force for Sudan’s Darfur region. Many observers hoped the force would help quell the violence in Darfur, ...

  • Will Security Council Resolution 1769 Make a Difference in Darfur? 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... on the ground from the current 7,000 African Union (AU) forces, which proved insufficient to Darfur's ... the importance of a political process, endorsing Sudanese government-rebel talks under UN/AU auspices and rightly ...

  • Justice and Peace in Darfur 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... affairs who is a junior member of Sudanese 's government, and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, ... shore up the efforts of a weakened African Union force--and create a context in which there ...

  • 'Why Can't We?' 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... "bad apples" were being punished; and the Sudanese province of Darfur was on fire, literally, ... money and write a check to the African Union, which had sent peacekeepers to Darfur, but ...

  • UN team secures Sudan agreement for Darfur force deployment 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... 18, 2007. 5:04am (AEST) UN team secures Sudan agreement for Darfur force deployment A United Nations ... long held out against the proposed hybrid UN-African Union force of up to 23,000 peacekeepers, South ...

  • Labor questions Aust defence after Darfur decision 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... force to a new peacekeeping mission in Sudan, saying the country's defence forces are already ... agreed this week to accept a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in the Darfur region, where ...

  • Sudan agrees to international force for Darfur 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... Update: Wednesday, June 13, 2007. 1:09am (AEST) Sudan agrees to international force for Darfur Sudan has ... has accepted the deployment of a hybrid African Union-United Nations force to its war-ravaged region of ...

  • Sudan accepts UN intervention 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... be restored to the Darfur region of Sudan. Political leaders in the north African country have accepted intervention in the form ... Nations backed peacekeeping force. A 7,000 strong African Union force is now on the ground there, ...

  • Sudan Begins 3rd Consecutive Term on Human Rights Panel 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... Sudan Begins 3rd Consecutive Term on Human Rights Panel ... Sudan to quell genocidal violence there, the African nation begins a third consecutive term on ... in the institution: 56-nation Islamic Conference, 53-nation African Union, and the 22 members of the League ...


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