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Blast wounds French UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon

TYRE, Lebanon ( Reuters ) - A bomb exploded near a UNIFIL peacekeeping patrol on Friday, wounding five French soldiers in southern Lebanon, a witness and security sources said. The blast, which hit a jeep carrying the French peacekeepers on the outskirts of the city of Tyre, was the third attack on the UNIFIL forces deployed to keep the peace along Lebanon's southern frontier with Israel . "I can confirm that a UNIFIL vehicle was hit by an explosion in Tyre," UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti...Read Full Story

Death of soldiers on peacekeeping mission worries government.

By andychukse on | From nairabrain.com

The Federal Government is not happy with the way Nigerian soldiers are killed in the course of their peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, Adetokunbo Kayode, the minister of defence, has said. Mr. Kayode made the comments, yesterday, at the United Nations (UN) regional conference on deterrence, use of force and operational readiness in peace keeping operations at the Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre (NAPKC) in Jaji, Kaduna. The minister said members of the Nigerian contingent recently...Read Full Story

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

By Ntranced_limbo on | From state.gov

About the Author: Dr. Esther Brimmer serves as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. Today marks the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, a day which allows us to pay tribute to the brave and devoted men and women serving in UN peacekeeping missions far from their families and homes under extremely challenging circumstances. The UN General Assembly designated May 29 as International UN Peacekeeper Day in commemoration of the date of the...Read Full Story

U.N. should stay in volatile parts of Sudan: U.S.

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UNITED NATIONS ( Reuters ) - U.N. peacekeepers should be able to stay in the volatile areas of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile after South Sudan secedes from the north, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. said on Thursday, days before the United Nations' mission is set to end. Poor, conflict-ravaged but oil-producing South Sudan is preparing to secede on July 9 and the U.N.'s UNMIS mission, which monitors compliance with the 2005 north-south peace deal, is set to end. A new mission, UNMISS, is...Read Full Story

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

By Ntranced_limbo on | From state.gov

May 29 marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. On May 27, 2011, Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, released the following statement : "On the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, the United States salutes the brave men and women who prevent conflict, save lives, and provide hope to countless vulnerable people while serving under the flag of the United Nations. More than 120,000 military, police, and civilian peacekeepers currently serve...Read Full Story

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A community portal about The Darfur conflict with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Darfur conflict is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited from the tribes of the Abbala, and the non-Baggara people of the region. The Sudanese government, while publicly denying that it supports the Janjaweed, has provided arms and assistance and has participated in joint attacks with the group, systematically targeting the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups in Darfur. The conflict began in July 2003. Unlike in the Second Sudanese Civil War, which was fought between the primarily Muslim north and Christian and Animist south, in Darfur most of the residents are Muslim, as are the Janjaweed.

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Sudan: Unamid's Gambari Rejects Criticisms for His Encounter With Bashir

[Sudan Tribune] Khartoum - The head of the hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Ibrahim Gambari, rejected recent criticisms directed against him for an encounter with the Sudanese president saying he cannot avoid to meet him .

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Darfur / UNAMID Media Brief EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, February 15, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Media Brief /15 February 2012 Doha Document dissemination ongoing in four Darfur states Dissemination activities for the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) started this week among the communities in West and [...]

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