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The Djibouti government will send 850 soldiers to Somalia in support of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, while Sierra Leone will send the same number in the next year.
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The end of the Cold War spelled the termination of many an illustrious career in the military and the secret services - as well as the destabilization and disintegration of many states.
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The United Nations says it needs more troops in Ivory Coast as part of efforts to resolve a political crisis resulting from last November's presidential run-off in which the incumbent has refused to hand over to the internationally recognized winner.
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South Africa is considering sending soldiers and warships to Somalia following an African Union (AU) request earlier this week. The mission, if accepted, is not without risk.
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Belgrade -
The Serbian legislature has passed a resolution condemning the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in the town of Srebrenica in the summer of 1995.
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South Africa has marked its 10-year anniversary of peacekeeping missions. At a military parade in the central city of Bloemfontein, President Jacob Zuma said the missions brought hope to the African continent.
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its satisfaction with the regional grouping’s first military standby force exercise, codenamed Exercise Golfinho.
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South Africa is withdrawing its peacekeeping troops from Burundi after eight years. Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has described the mission as a success, according to Defenceweb.
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Only 9,000 of the pledged 26,000 peacekeeping troops will be on the ground in the Darfur region of the Sudan by January, so far no country has come forward with the required 24 helicopters.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday whether some of the city's police officers could be deployed with U.N. peacekeeping missions.
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 The spokeswoman for a joint United Nations/African Union peacekeeping force says three of its members are being held by rebels in Sudan's Darfur.
The UN Security Council is expected to vote to increase the African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia, as Ethiopian forces advance on a key city held by al-Shabab militants.
The Arab League is calling for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission to end the 11-month conflict in Syria.
The Arab League calls for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission to end the 11-month conflict in Syria, in a resolution seen by the BBC.
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