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Darfur: Is Qatar’s Peace Process Stillborn – IslamOnline

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1225200768754&pagename=Zone-English-Muslim_Affairs%2FMAELayout Despite objecting to previous initiatives to get a UN peacekeeping force in to the western Sudan region, Qatar...

Charging of al-Bashir may provoke backlash – The Irish Times

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/0715/1215940932576.html OPINION: The International Criminal Court may lay genocide charges against President Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese dictator, but he’s...

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...

Darfur rebels seek alliance – The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/29/darfur-rebels-seek-alliance/?page=1 LONDON – A leading rebel group in Sudan’s western Darfur region, which managed to attack Sudan’s capital of...

War in Darfur – ISN

Conflict in the Darfur region in western Sudan has raged since early 2003, with massive loss of life, displacement...

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...