EU backs Chad protection force
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EU foreign ministers approve a peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic.
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Canadian and European Union leaders welcomed the African Union's decision to increase seven-fold its monitoring force in Sudan's Darfur region, and pledged to support the effort.
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The Netherlands, which is holding the presidency of the European Union (EU), Wednesday applauded the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1564 on the Darfur crisis of Sudan.
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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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France's foreign minister hailed Tuesday's resumed deployment of a much-awaited European Union peacekeeping force in Chad, where a rebellion had halted the troop movement.
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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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President Idriss Deby called on the  European Union on Thursday to deploy a peacekeeping force  urgently to eastern Chad, as his government sought to tighten  security after a weekend rebel assault on the capital.
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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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BELGIUM BRUSSELS -- Officials said the European Union will provide up to $125 million to back African peacekeepers in Darfur, as the United Nations warned yesterday that crucial relief convoys are in danger. Gunmen in Darfur are attacking relief convoys, civilians, and African villagers, the UN's World Food Program said in a statement yesterday. ''The security situation in all three ...
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BRUSSELS, Jan 26 (IPS) - The European Union restored ties with Sudan Tuesday  and offered 50 million euro (65 million dollars) in aid to help  boost a peace agreement after the end of one of Africa's  longest ever civil wars.
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The European Union says it will contribute $100 million to an African force in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said during a visit to Ethiopia Saturday the
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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 European Union is to draw up plans for a force to go to countries neighbouring Sudan's Darfur region.
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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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NOORDWIJK (The Netherlands) - Five European states yesterday agreed to a French proposal to set up a joint military-run gendarmerie force able to be deployed to crisis situations worldwide.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's President Idriss Deby appointed a close ally as defence minister on Friday as soldiers and police imposed a security crackdown across the country following a rebel attack on the capital two weeks ago.
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France has sent about 150 supplementary troops to Chad as a "precautionary measure" in response to a rebel offensive in the central African nation, a French Defense Ministry official said Friday.