EU Chad mission set for go-ahead
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Military officials are to make a final decision on the European Union force for the region bordering Darfur.
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KHARTOUM, Oct 24, 2004 (SUNA) -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mustafa Osman Ismail, has hailed the efforts being exerted by the European Union in Sudan, particularly in the fields of humanitarian aid in Darfur region.
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The U.N. Security Council gave preliminary support on Monday to a proposed peace force spearheaded by European Union troops to tackle spillover violence from Sudan's Darfur region in Chad and the Central African Republic.
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The European Union took the first step on Monday towards sending forces to Chad and the Central African Republican to help the United Nations protect refugees trapped in the violent region bordering Darfur.
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Sixteen Europeans being held in Chad after a charity tried to fly more than 100 children from the central African nation to France may face charges, a Chadian minister said Saturday.
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EU foreign ministers must step up  efforts next week for a ceasefire in Darfur and impose  sanctions on members of Sudan&#39;s government responsible for the  violence, activists said on Tuesday.
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EU foreign ministers approve a peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic.
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The UN is expected to vote Tuesday on a French plan to send peacekeepers to Chad.
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Chad promised on Friday to back  United Nations moves to end the conflict in Sudan&#39;s Darfur  region by allowing international peacekeepers on its own soil,  and even offered to host preliminary peace talks.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's President Idriss Deby called on the European Union on Thursday to deploy a peacekeeping force urgently to the east after rebels who raided his capital pulled back halfway towards the Sudan border.
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The drive by the EU to become a military force will take a big step forward today when all 25 nations agree to create battle groups of elite troops able to reach trouble spots such as Darfur within 15 days.
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The European Union postponed the deployment of advance units of a peacekeeping force for protecting refugees from Darfur because of an upsurge of rebel activity in neighboring Chad, where France was reinforcing its troops on the ground.
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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana  heads for Africa on Friday where he is likely to announce a  contribution of more than 100 million euros to an African Union  force in Sudan's Darfur region, an EU diplomat said.
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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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Muslim tribesmen in east Chad  hope EU peacekeepers will shelter their families from civil war  and ethnic conflict, but memories of colonial rule have left  them wary of Western meddling in their affairs.
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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 Idriss Deby called  on the European Union on Thursday to deploy a peacekeeping  force urgently to the east after rebels who raided his capital  pulled back halfway towards the Sudan border.