First AU peacekeepers arrive in Somalia
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Ugandan military officers on Thursday arrived in Somalia in the first contingent of an African Union peacekeeping force to be deployed in the war-shattered Horn of Africa nation.
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Thirty Ugandan African Union peacekeepers arrive in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, say local officials.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The first peacekeepers to arrive in Somalia's capital in more than 10 years were met with a surge of violence yesterday, as mortar rounds hit the airport during a welcoming ceremony and a deadly battle broke out on the city's crumbling streets.
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Six heads of state, dozens of dignitaries from almost all continents, and Somalis from every walk of life were on hand to witness the swearing-in of Somalia&#39;s new president.
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Military officials from Burundi were in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday to prepare the long-awaited deployment of peacekeepers.
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which failed to stem nearly five years of conflict in western Sudan.
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The African Union transferred authority Monday to a new joint peacekeeping force with the United Nations in Darfur that the international community hopes will stem the violence in Sudan's war-torn western region
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The first Ugandan peacekeepers arrived in Somalia's capital early Tuesday to provide protection for the still struggling transitional government and to allow for the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops who intervened in the country.
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Nigerian troops have begun arriving in Sudan to form part of an African Union (AU) force that will protect monitors observing a ceasefire between rebels and the Sudanese government.
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The Somali government took a fresh  step toward establishing itself on home soil on Sunday when a  second team of officials including a senior minister flew from  Kenya to Mogadishu to assess security in the failed state.
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The advance team of an African peacekeeping force to Somalia arrived unannounced in the country on Thursday, a senior police officer said.
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At least seven mortar shells were fired at Mogadishu's airport Monday during a welcoming ceremony as Ugandan peacekeepers arrived in the Somali capital, a journalist who witnessed the attack told CNN.
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EL FASHER, Sudan, Oct 30  -- Sixty-five Rwandan troops arrived in the the Darfur town of El Fasher as part of a growing African Union (AU) military mission charged with monitoring a shaky ceasefire in the troubled region of western Sudan, an AFP
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Rwandan troops arrived in Darfur Sunday as the first foreign force there, mandated to protect observers monitoring a shaky cease-fire between the Sudanese government and rebels in the remote western region.
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Elite Australian troops arrived in the troubled Solomon Islands on Thursday as the body of an Australian peacekeeper, the first casualty of Canberra&#39;s tough South Pacific security policy, arrived home.
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The African Union, the United Nations and the Sudanese government opened talks here Monday on the deployment of a hybrid AU-UN force of 23,000 peacekeepers to Sudan&#39;s war-torn region of Darfur.
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Somalia's new president  asks the African Union to send 20,000 peacekeepers to secure the country.