Chad president issues 'solemn call' for EU force deployment
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Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno issued a "solemn call" Thursday for a European peacekeeping force for Darfur refugees, put on hold by recent unrest in his country, to deploy as soon as possible.
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The U.N. Security Council generally supports deploying a U.N. force in Chad and Central African Republic to protect civilians who have fled fighting and monitor borders to reduce cross-border attacks, council diplomats said Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 17 (IPS) - The European Union is preparing to launch a  peacekeeping mission in eastern Chad as a response to attacks on  civilians from militia crossing the country's border with  Sudan.
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The head of an EU peacekeeping force deploying to protect Darfur refugees pledged Wednesday that troops would not become embroiled in the conflict between Chad's government and rebels.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (IPS) - The deployment of a European Union peacekeeping  force in Eastern Chad has fallen behind schedule amid fears that  its French-dominated troops could come under attack after setting  foot in the troubled African state.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for a clear timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq as he outlined an assertive role for France in other world hotspots.
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The European Union and the United Nations are considering sending troops and police to  protect Darfur refugees and other homeless people in neighboring Chad, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.
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Chad's president declared a nationwide state of emergency Thursday, telling citizens that tightened controls are needed to restore order after recent rebel attacks.
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French President Jacques Chirac has opened a French-African summit with a call for Sudan to accept an international peacekeeping force in war-torn western Darfur region.Comment
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In a show of his new foreign policy objectives, the French president called a meeting Monday in an attempt to help bolster the international military presence in Darfur.
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The European Union called on Chad's  warring government and rebels to negotiate a peace deal as  relief agencies said on Monday a fresh refugee crisis was  developing in the east where EU troops are being deployed.
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President of Chad indicates he is prepared to pardon six French aid workers convicted of the attempted kidnap of Sudanese child refugees
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France, Belgium and Poland pledged Friday to fill the gaps in a European peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic, setting the delayed mission on track to be deployed next month.
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France's new foreign minister pressed Sudan's president Monday to commit to a joint U.N.-African mission to end the bloodshed in Darfur, hoping his clout as a former humanitarian activist would boost diplomatic efforts to end Sudan's standoff with the West.
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N'DJAMENA  - The European Union called on Chad's warring government and rebels to negotiate a peace deal as relief agencies said on Monday a fresh refugee crisis was developing in the east where EU troops are being deployed.
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A joint United Nations and African Union delegation met Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno to discuss the possible deployment of UN troops in Sudan&#039;s war-ravaged western Darfur region, official sources said.
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Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy call for intense action to secure a ceasefire in Darfur.