A series of explosions including suicide blasts is blamed in at least 27 deaths in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar today. Authorities say more than 50 people are wounded. The biggest attack was on a prison. Officials believe insurgents may have...
if there is sufficient political will within the organ, the African Union can have significant impact on the continent and can have significant impact in ending conflict and ensuring that human rights are respected. - Amnesty International's Noel Kut...
The bodies of five Rwandan soldiers, who were serving with the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region, have been returned to Rwanda. They were among seven peacekeepers killed last week in the most severe attac...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 20 September 2006 Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir addresses the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006 President Omar al-Bashir Tuesday categorically rejected the U.N. Security...
By Peter Heinlein New York 26 July 2006 The U.N. Security Council is debating a statement condemning the Israeli attack on a U.N. observer post in Lebanon. China urged the Security Council to issue a strong condemnation of the Israeli attack that ki...
By David Lewis Kinshasa 09 July 2006 Congolese militia fighters released Saturday the five remaining Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers they have been holding since late May, U.N. officials have said. In other developments, gunmen killed a journalist who wa...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 26 May 2006 An Australian soldier takes up a defensive position along Dili's main street Friday May 26, 2006 in Dili, the capital of East Timor Australian peacekeepers are patrolling the deserted streets of the East Timo...
By Michael Drudge London 25 January 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told parliament the international community is failing to support the people of Sudan's war-ravaged western Darfur region...
Cathy Majtenyi The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo predicts much instability in the area if Rwandan troops are sent into DRC to flush out Hutu rebels as was announced ove...
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