EU boosts DR Congo force
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Some 400 extra European Union troops are flown into Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to quell gun battles.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Oct. 20, 2004 - The African Union&#39;s Peace and Security Council voted Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police
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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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Five European Union (EU) member states signed a declaration of intent here Friday for a European gendarmerie force, marking a new milestone in the bloc&#39;s road to independent defense building.
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The EU pledges more than $100 to help the Democratic Republic of Congo hold elections next year.
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The president of the African Union asked NATO on Thursday to give more support for its peacekeepers in the violence-wracked Darfur region, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said.
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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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Estonia is likely to take part in a rapid deployment force of the European Union.
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KINSHASA, Friday - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday began deploying troops to the east of the country amid reports that Rwandan forces were operating in the area and thousands of civilians were fleeing clashes.
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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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European Union experts will from next  month start training police forces across Afghanistan,  including southern provinces which have borne the brunt of  insurgent violence, EU officials said on Tuesday.
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The EU announces new measures to attract skilled labour from Africa and curb illegal immigration.
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European Union nations will make a renewed attempt Wednesday to raise troops for a U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, but many remain wary of committing soldiers without safeguards to ensure they don't get sucked into the Middle East conflict.
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British troops will be sent to Africa on emergency peacekeeping missions as part of a 10,000-strong European Union force. They will serve as members of &quot;rapidly-deployable
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Congo will send up to 10,000 soldiers  to its eastern province of North Kivu to prevent rebels and  Rwandan forces from launching cross border attacks, President  Joseph Kabila's spokesman said Monday.
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The EU grants Romania over 500m euros in extra aid in an effort to speed up its entry into the bloc.
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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.