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...
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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