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Deploying AU Force Without Burundi Approval 'Unimaginable': Official
The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, the AU special representative for the region told French radio RFI today.
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Burundi Defiant As Africa Leaders Debate Peacekeeping Force
African Union efforts to approve a peacekeeping force for troubled Burundi faced tough challenges as leaders met ahead of an unprecedented vote on the potential deployment of 5,000 troops.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Burundi Rebels Announce Force To Oust President
Burundi's rebels came together today for the first time as a force aimed at ousting President Pierre Nkurunziza, after months of bloodshed in the troubled central African country.
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Burundi Rejects African Union Peacekeeping Force
Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's extended tenure in office, a government spokesman said.
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African Union To Send 5,000-Strong Force To Burundi
The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.
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African Union Agrees In Principle To Send Troops To Burundi
The African Union has agreed to send troops to stop violence in Burundi, a senior official said today, after talks in which the 54-member bloc warned it would not allow "another genocide".
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Mali Urges Aggressive Overhaul of UN Peacekeeping Mission
Mali called on the United Nations to speed up deploying the remainder of its promised 12,000-member peacekeeping force and station more troops in the West African nation's turbulent north.
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Somali rebels shell peacekeepers, at least 9 dead
Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at least nine people, officials and residents said on Tuesday. The al Shabaab militants, who are allied to al Qaeda, were forced out of most of the city last year but have kept up sporadic bomb an...
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Deploying AU Force Without Burundi Approval 'Unimaginable': Official
The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, the AU special representative for the region told French radio RFI today.
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Burundi Defiant As Africa Leaders Debate Peacekeeping Force
African Union efforts to approve a peacekeeping force for troubled Burundi faced tough challenges as leaders met ahead of an unprecedented vote on the potential deployment of 5,000 troops.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Burundi Rebels Announce Force To Oust President
Burundi's rebels came together today for the first time as a force aimed at ousting President Pierre Nkurunziza, after months of bloodshed in the troubled central African country.
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Burundi Rejects African Union Peacekeeping Force
Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's extended tenure in office, a government spokesman said.
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African Union To Send 5,000-Strong Force To Burundi
The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.
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African Union Agrees In Principle To Send Troops To Burundi
The African Union has agreed to send troops to stop violence in Burundi, a senior official said today, after talks in which the 54-member bloc warned it would not allow "another genocide".
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Mali Urges Aggressive Overhaul of UN Peacekeeping Mission
Mali called on the United Nations to speed up deploying the remainder of its promised 12,000-member peacekeeping force and station more troops in the West African nation's turbulent north.
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Somali rebels shell peacekeepers, at least 9 dead
Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at least nine people, officials and residents said on Tuesday. The al Shabaab militants, who are allied to al Qaeda, were forced out of most of the city last year but have kept up sporadic bomb an...
