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 Carmen Gentile Port-au-Prince, Haiti 17 September 2007 More than three years into their mission in Haiti, United Nations peacekeepers say they have broken a wave of violence and crime across the Caribbean nation. Many Haitians say the U.N. force h...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 18 May 2007 In Uganda, the deaths of four peacekeepers in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, this week have prompted calls for President Yoweri Museveni to withdraw his military troops from the African Union mission. As VOA Correspo...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 November 2006 Ron Redmond (file photo) The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to the international community to send troops to help protect civilians and refugees in Chad from attacks by armed Arab gunmen. The UNHCR says new...
