EUFOR | Simon Roughneen

EU troops in Chad are ‘damned if they do, damned if they don’t’ – Sunday Tribune

http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2008/jun/22/eu-troops-in-chad-are-damned-if-they-do-damned-if-/ Under-fire Irish troops protecting Darfur refugees in Chad could soon be caught up in an impossible situation, as...

EUFOR: damned either way? – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=88490 How will the refugees EUFOR is protecting react when they see the same thugs that killed their families...

Battle for N’djamena Could Lead to International Conflict – IslamOnline

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1201957637845&pagename=Zone-English-Muslim_Affairs/MAELayout As Chadian rebels retreat from N’djamena, the Idriss Déby régime is claiming victory over what it and its...

No EUforia as Chad plans go awry – CSIS Africa Forum

http://forums.csis.org/africa/?p=86 At a European Union (EU) foreign ministers meeting on January 28, it was finally confirmed that Ireland’s Lieutenant-General...

Chad, Sudan and a risky western game – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=54030 China and the West at odds in Africa over oil and refugees, as EU troops stay at home...

French role threatens Chad force neutrality – The Irish Examiner

Last Monday foreign ministers proclaimed the imminent deployment of EUFOR – the ‘neutral and impartial’ military humanitarian mission to...

Chad’s complexities a barrier for Eufor – The Irish Times

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/0202/index.html Events in Chad have postponed the deployment of the Irish-led EU force. Simon Roughneen explains why, if the...