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The United Nations and peacekeeping

Thursday, August 21, 2008

On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland and over-ran it. Britain and France soon began to mobilise their forces and declared war with Germany,...

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SIERRA LEONE: Violent memories still haunt war orphans

africa » sierra leone » koindu

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Theresa, a vivacious 16-year-old girl, last saw her parents when they were dragged away from her in a crush of people fleeing into neighbouring...

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Sudan ambush leaves seven peacekeepers dead, more than a dozen wounded

africa » sudan » darfur region

WIKI NEWS http://en.wikinews.org

Thursday, July 10, 2008

At least seven United Nations peacekeepers are dead, and nearly two dozen wounded, after Janjaweed militants in Darfur, Sudan, ambushed their convoy...

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SOUTH AFRICA: The downside of banning mercenaries

africa » south africa » johannesburg

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

SouthAfrica's sweeping legislation to outlaw mercenary activities might alsohamper the country's peacekeeping efforts and affect non-governmentaland...

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ZIMBABWE: Threat of coup, martial law, or even war - ICG

africa » zimbabwe

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Monday, May 26, 2008

Withgovernance in limbo and post-election violence spreading beyond controlin Zimbabwe, rights groups and think-tanks have warned of a militarycoup,...

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SUDAN: Bombings in Darfur cast doubt on resolving crisis

africa » sudan » darfur region

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

-Days after the UN and African Union condemned as unacceptable thebombings of villages and markets in Darfur by Sudanese governmentplanes, at least...

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The ultimate way forward

africa » gambia

Thursday, April 24, 2008

EditorFellow Gambian brothers and sisters, as well as parent’s. As the common saying put it: “It is hard to swallow the truth.” However, human...

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COTE D'IVOIRE: Army rejects UN accusations of arms embargo violations

africa

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The national army inCote d’Ivoire has rejected an UN accusation that it is engaging in militarytraining exercises which violates the conditions of a...

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ZIMBABWE: War veterans threaten violence

africa » zimbabwe » harare

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Monday, April 07, 2008

Veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation war vowed to seize the remaining white-owned commercial farms if President Robert Mugabe loses the expected second...

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A simpleton’s formula for “Good Governance”

africa » gambia

Friday, March 14, 2008

It has been good to read Saihou Sanyang’s extremely informative essay on the above topic, the essay taking a full 4-pages of the Daily Observer this...

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