EU ministers back peacekeepers for Chad
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European Union nations agreed Monday to start planning for a possible 3,000-member peacekeeping mission to Chad to help provide security and aid to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the conflict in neighboring Darfur.
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France did not repel this weekend's coup attempt on its former colony as it has in the past, but the UN Monday approved unilateral French action to support Chad's government.
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OSLO, Sep 2 (IPS) - Amidst reports indicating the imminence of another  flare-up of violence in southern Sudan, Norway is among few  European countries ready to contribute to a peacekeeping force.
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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&#39;s Darfur region in Chad and the Central  African Republic.
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Chad's President Idriss Deby urged the European Union on Thursday to send a peacekeeping force to his country as quickly as possible.
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The European Union is stepping up international pressure on the Sudanese government to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur which has led to the deaths of at least 30,000 people and forced over one million refugees to flee their homes and seek shelter
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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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Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has assured France a charity's bid to fly 100 children from the country will not hinder the deployment of an EU force on the Darfur border, a French minister said Monday.
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The European Union is likely to announce a contribution of more than 100 million euros to an African Union force in Darfur, amid calls for extra AU soldiers to be deployed in Sudan's troubled region.
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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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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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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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The European Union has announced it will pay for more than half of the African Union&#39;s peacekeeping force in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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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.
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MEPs investigate why EU funding for African peacekeepers in Darfur is not reaching the soldiers.
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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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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's rebels on Monday urged European Union member states not to send peacekeeping troops to the country's east, saying the force would not be neutral because it was dominated by France.