U.N. Peacekeeping
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:21
The wounded man sat in an armchair in front of a shack on the edge of the airport runway, his arms and head heavily bandaged.“I kept repeating, ‘I do not have weapons,’ ” he said. His attackers said nothing, he recalled: “It was only machete cuts.”
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:17
A U.S. operation to airlift some 850 Burundians into the Central African Republic to help restore security to the strife-torn nation should be completed this week, a top U.S. official said Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:25
Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, announced on Tuesday that other European countries would deploy ground troops to the violence-hit Central African Republic, without identifying them.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:21
Residents in Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, say the French military deployed into neighborhoods to flush out a Christian militia that had infiltrated the area at dawn.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 06:48
The delegation includes officials from the U.S. Defense Secretary Office, European Command in the U.S., Kansas National Guard and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 06:39
Issues related to Armenia’s participation in the international peacekeeping actions were discussed at the meeting, and the importance of Armenia’s contribution to the peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo was stressed.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 11:42
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is holding a change of command ceremony today, December 16th 2013, in Mogadishu Somalia.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 11:39
Somalia’s Defense minister Abdihakim Haji fiqi has announced that the Somali Government will eradicate Alshabab militants from the entire country by 2014.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 09:01
Burundian National Defense Forces and the U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 worked together Dec. 10 as the African partners prepared to embark to the Central Africa Republic as part of the African Union mission.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:30
France is pushing its European partners this week to create a fund to pay for overseas military interventions, like the operation France is leading in the Central African Republic. Other European governments aren't too excited about the idea.