29.03.2008
The Swedish military has accused French soldiers of torturing civilians during the EU-led Operation Artemis in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003, one of the bloc’s first joint missions.
Five years ago, the European Union sent some 1,500 soldiers to DR Congo as part of a UN mission to take action against the bandits marauding the north-eastern part of the country. The troops were there to protect the civilians.
Now the Swedish military is saying that French soldiers (…)
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EU Soldiers Accused of Torturing Civilians in Congo
30 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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How Bad It Is : Pakistanis flee into Hell, while Hell comes to Africa
4 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsJust when you thought you had heard it all before, you come across certain events that baffle the mind, bringing such clarity to make you want to crawl back into your hole of ignorance.
Pakistan:
At the same time that United States has revealed that they are about to ramp-up military operations in Pakistan, BBC is reporting that “thousands of Pakistanis have fled into Afghanistan” due to the security situation deteriorating in Pakistan.
This revelation is frightening on multiple (…) -
one of africa’s most dramatic waterfalls will be destroyed
19 January 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
One of Africa’s most dramatic waterfalls will be destroyed by a hydroelectric project in Gabon, according to reports from a Gabonese NGO and the Inter Press Service (IPS).
Kongou Falls, a 184-foot (5 6m) two-mile-wide (3.2 km) cataract on the Ivindo river in the Congo rainforest, will be flooded by a dam to provide power for a $3.5 billion plan to mine iron ore at Bélinga in northeastern Gabon. The project — financed by a Chinese consortium led by CMEC, a Chinese company — is scheduled to (…) -
Analysis: EU force may reach Chad in Jan.
17 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Published: Nov. 16, 2007 at 10:37 AM By LEANDER SCHAERLAECKENS UPI Correspondent
BRUSSELS, Nov. 16 (UPI) — EU security forces are gearing up to assist NATO and African Union troops in securing refugee camps in eastern Chad and the Central African Republic that are home to millions fleeing the violence in Darfur.
The area, which borders Sudan’s Darfur region, has been inundated with refugees. The United Nations estimates that at least 2 million people have been displaced and driven into (…) -
Early CIA Involvement in Darfur Has Gone Unreported
8 October 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThere has been a glaring omission in the U.S. media presentation of the Darfur tragedy. The compassion demonstrated, mostly in words, until recently, has not been accompanied by a recognition of U.S. complicity, or at least involvement, in the war which has led to the enormous suffering and loss of life that has been taking place in Darfur for many years. In 1978 oil was discovered in Southern Sudan. Rebellious war began five years later and was led by John Garang, who had taken military (…)
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Niger expels French film-maker accused of rebel ties
8 October 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi
Francois Bergeron, Paris, October 6
NIAMEY, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Authorities in Niger have expelled a French documentary film-maker for suspected links to a Tuareg-led rebellion in the desert north.
Francois Bergeron, an independent film-maker who has been working on a series of documentaries about Tuareg nomads in Niger, was arrested in August in Agadez, a Saharan trading town at the centre of an 8-month-old Tuareg uprising.
The Tuareg-led Niger Movement for (…) -
AFRICOM: Wrong for Liberia, Disastrous for Africa
16 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Just two months after U.S. aerial bombardments began in Somalia, the Bush administration solidified its militaristic engagement with Africa. In February 2007, the Department of Defense announced the creation of a new U.S. Africa Command infrastructure, code name AFRICOM, to “coordinate all U.S. military and security interests throughout the continent.”
Ezekiel Pajibo and Emira Woods | July 26, 2007 Editor: John Feffer http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4427
“This new command will strengthen (…) -
US Bio-Warfare Catastrophe Reported In Congo
5 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentUS Bio-Warfare Catastrophe Reported In Congo
September 5, 2007
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
Disturbing reports from Russian Scientists working with the World Health Organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo investigating a ‘mysterious’ new disease outbreak killing both human beings and animals in that African Nation have reported to Russia’s State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR) that the cause appears to be the use of US (…) -
UN approves Darfur force of up to 26,000
1 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentEVELYN LEOPOLD Reuters July 31, 2007 at 3:59 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to authorize up to 26,000 troops and police in an effort to stop attacks on millions of displaced civilians in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Expected to cost more than $2-billion in the first year, the combined United Nations-African Union operation aims to quell violence in Darfur, where more than 2.1 million people have been driven into camps and an estimated 200,000 (…) -
EU prepares for hard-core Chad mission
27 July 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/
As the EU sets peacekeeping plans in motion, the size of the force and the rules of its engagement in this hotspot remain key questions.
By Brooks Tigner in Brussels for ISN Security Watch (26/07/07)
The EU has set in motion plans to send a peacekeeping force to Chad along its troubled border with Sudan, prompting international aid and humanitarian groups to call for clear rules of engagement that focus on civilian protection and human rights and the (…)