Nigeria court gives 27 ex-UN peacekeepers life

A Nigerian court-martial has sentenced 27 former U.N. peacekeepers to life in prison after they were convicted of mutiny following protests that officers had stolen their extra U.N. pay, their lawyer said Tuesday.

1

1

Postwar Bosnia's surprising export: peacekeepers

It took 60,000 NATO troops to force Bosnians like Edin Ahmetovic, Pero Budimir and Slobodan Misanovic to stop shooting at each other.

0

0

African envoys seek to free Bashir of war charges

African envoys sought support Wednesday from Russia and China for ways of letting Sudan's president dodge a global court prosecutor's Darfur war crimes charges.

0

0

Britain proposes UN council condemn Darfur attack

Britain is urging the U.N. Security Council to condemn as a possible war crime an ambush last week that killed or injured more than two dozen peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region.

0

0

UN says 7 Darfur peacekeepers killed in ambush

United Nations officials say seven peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force have been killed and 22 wounded in an attack in Sudan's Darfur region.

1

0

7 peacekeepers killed in ambush in Darfur

In a brazen attack on horseback and from SUVs mounted with anti-aircraft weapons, some 200 gumen ambushed peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region, killing seven in fierce battles that lasted more than two hours, U.N. officials said Wednesday.

0

0

Abkhazia rejects proposed int'l force

The breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia has rejected a U.S. proposal to deploy an international police force there, its leader said Tuesday.

0

0

Georgia authorities release 4 Russian peacekeepers

Georgian authorities on Wednesday released four Russian peacekeepers who were detained on charges of carrying unauthorized weapons to a buffer zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia.

0

0

UN peacekeeping chief: More for missions

The head of U.N. peacekeeping pleaded with the international community Thursday to address gaps in support for peacekeeping missions, pointing especially to the shortfall in Darfur.

1

0

EU to keep troops in Bosnia over Kosovo concerns

European Union defense ministers agreed Monday to keep the bloc's 2,500 peacekeepers in Bosnia, citing concern that tensions in Kosovo could spill over into other parts of the Balkans.

0

0

Rights group: UN investigators in Congo ignored misconduct

Internal U.N. documents show investigators "ignored, minimized or shelved" numerous charges of gold smuggling and arms trading by its peacekeepers in Congo, an international rights organization said Friday.

2

1

France Blames Sudan Over Missing Troop

France on Tuesday pinned the blame on Sudanese forces for a shooting near the border with Chad that left one French soldier wounded and another missing — the first casualties for a troubled European peacekeeping mission in Africa.

0

0

Austrian Peacekeepers Head to Chad

A contingent of about 50 Austrian troops headed to Chad early Tuesday to take part in a European Union peacekeeping mission, the Defense Ministry said.

0

0

EU Force Deploys to Darfur Neighbors

The European Union resumed deployment Tuesday of a much-awaited peacekeeping force for two countries neighboring Sudan's troubled Darfur region, a military official said.

1

0

Darfur Peacekeeping Set Back by 6 Months

U.N. peacekeeping forces lack the troops and equipment necessary to improve the situation in violence-wracked Darfur and will continue to be ineffective until mid-2008, the U.N. peacekeeping chief cautioned Wednesday.

2

1

Darfur Gunmen Kill 2 AU Peacekeepers

In a blow to the Darfur peace accord, gunmen believed to belong to rebel groups that signed the agreement have killed two African peacekeepers and threatened staff at a peacekeeping office, the African Union said Wednesday.

2

1

France Asks Israel to End Mock Raids

The head of the French-led U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon called on Israel Friday to cease its "dangerous" mock raids, saying a catastrophe has been avoided only because of the restraint of the French military.

3

1

U.N. Troops Wary of Attack in Lebanon

U.N. troops sent to keep the peace in southern Lebanon are taking strong defensive measures against possible suicide attacks — worried because al-Qaida has warned they are considered enemies of Islam.

0

1

Israel Faults Maps for Fatal Attack

Four U.N. observers killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon in July were mistakenly targeted because of inaccurate military maps, Israel said in a report released Thursday.

2

2

First Italian Troops Arriving in Lebanon

Italian soldiers poured into Lebanon on Saturday, part of the first large contingent of international troops dispatched to boost the U.N. force keeping the peace between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

1

1

Europe Offers 'Backbone' of Peacekeepers

The European Union swept away a major hurdle to keeping the peace between Israel and Hezbollah by agreeing Friday to provide the "backbone" of a French-led peacekeeping force of 15,000 soldiers in Lebanon.

5

6

Annan to Call for EU Peacekeeping Troops

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday he believed he would be able to persuade European countries to supply enough troops for the 15,000 peacekeeping forces for southern Lebanon.

1

1

Blair, Annan Want Peacekeepers in Israel

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called for deployment of international forces to stop bombardment of Israel.

1

1

Israeli spying devices that were planted during the 2006 war with Hezbollah have been discovered in southern Lebanon, the UN has said. UN peacekeepers discovered the buried devices when they were blown up by remote control by Israel on Sunday.

7

12

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sent a message of tough love to Nigeria on Wednesday, praising the country's strong military and showing public appreciation for its huge oil industry, but also harshly criticizing the government for being corrupt.

1

5

Robert Smol writing for the Toronto Star. Remembering Canadian soldiers who died in past peace missions, highlighting the most brutal which was in Cyprus and the Middle East in the summer of 1974, and how we've forgotten all about it.

1

1

Some months after he unexpectedly stepped down from his assignment last August, General Lewis MacKenzie, Canadian head of the UN peacekeeping force in Bosnia Herzegovina, was charged in a bill of indictment by chief military prosecutor Mustafa Bisic with sexually molesting four B …

1

1

Somalia is once again a raging battle zone, with jihadists pouring in from overseas, preparing for a final push to topple the transitional government.

1

1

Thousands of people fleeing fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo have poured into the eastern city of Goma. People displaced by violence to the north are moving into Goma, after seeing army troops retreat from an advance by Tutsi rebels.

4

2

Thousands of people have been fleeing renewed fighting between African Union peacekeepers and Islamist insurgents in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

4

1

More than 75 percent of the country's 9 million people live on less than $2 a day, and more than half of the population earns less than $1 a day. 2.4 million Haitians do not get minimum daily intake of calories.

5

12

Here's a scary, and relevant, question to ponder as the housing market continues to slide: What would it take for the government to step in and help Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and how would a rescue affect you, the taxpayer?

5

12

"The UN Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of a resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said violence against women had reached "unspeakable proportions" in some societies recovering from conflict.

7

2

By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI – 4 hours ago TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian authorities on Wednesday released four Russian peacekeepers who were detained on charges of carrying unauthorized weapons to a buffer zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia.

1

0

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Georgian policemen returned the Ural truck to Russian peacekeepers that was seized earlier in the Zugdidi district, aide to Russian Ground Troops Colonel Igor Konashenkov said.

0

0

Tbilisi. June 14 (Prime-News) – Israel is ready to join peacekeeping operation in Abkhazia, "Ediot Asronot" Israeli newspaper writes.

1

2

Russian peacekeepers have begun pulling out their military vehicles and tanks from the Zugdidi region, where they entered illegally on Saturday night; the line of tanks and trucks is now leaving the region via Engury Bridge.

0

0

Georgia has prepared the ground to officially demand the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping troops from the Abkhaz conflict zone, President Saakashvili has said. He, however, did not specify whether the demand would be made immediately.

0

0

Moscow/St Petersburg - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday rejected Western efforts to mediate the conflict over Russia's support for Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia, saying, 'the key to a solution is direct negotiation by all parties.'

0

0

Abkhaz leader Sergey Bagapsh said on June 5 that Sokhumi's position the resumption of talks with Tbilisi remained unchanged.

0

0

ORGANISATIONS that send peacekeepers and aid workers to dangerous places are usually concerned about their envoys' physical safety. But an uglier concern has recently surfaced: how to ensure the moral integrity of people who are supposed to be helping others.

1

1

"The abuse of children by those sent to help is a significant and painful issue and one that UN peacekeeping has and will continue to address candidly, comprehensively and robustly," Mr.

1

0

When the words 'UN peacekeeping' are mentioned, for many they tend to conjure up an image of a blue-helmeted military force dispatched to a conflict-torn area to help bring about peace and stability.

1

0

JUST after the evening meal to break the Ramadan fast on September 29th, around 30 vehicles loaded with several hundred Sudanese rebels ripped through the perimeter of an African Union (AU) peacekeepers' base on the edge of Haskanita, a small town in southern Darfur, the embatt …

4

1

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan on Monday to lay the groundwork for a solution to the Darfur conflict through talks and deployment of thousands of peacekeepers.

3

1

Hizbullah has amassed an undisclosed number of Fatah-110 rockets, which could theoretically be fired at Tel Aviv, according to a report in Britain's Sunday Times. The projectile, an upgraded Chinese assault rocket, has a 500-lb warhead and a range of 200 kilometers.

11

11

Washington: International pressure from the United Nations, Arab leaders, and the United States played a role in Sudan's concession this week to allow 3,000 UN peacekeepers into the country's troubled Darfur region.

2

0

It seems Sudan may have agreed to allow U.N. troops as part of a hybrid peacekeeping force for Darfur. And oddly enough, some people think Hollywood could have played a role.

0

0