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UN chief Encouraged by Progress on Darfur
Topix - Monday, September 10, 2007
p> U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is welcomed by Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum, 06 Sep 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is encouraged by recent progress toward peace and ... via Voice of America ... more
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UN Chief Meets President, Lobbies for Refugees
allAfrica.com - Saturday, September 08, 2007
iming to press for an international presence to help protect refugees and displaced persons in Chad, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in the capital, N'djamena, where he held talks with the country's ... more
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UN Secretary-General to Press for Troops to Protect Refugees in Chad
Topix - Saturday, September 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Military units are not ideal to control the security in a camp. You need police. But, you need police that has the capacity to do effective crowd control." Listen to Schlein report Before meeting Chadian President Idriss Deby, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told journalists he would... more
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UN Chief, Sudan Leader Set Darfur Talks
Topix - Friday, September 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are ready for new peace negotiations, we have set our agenda" The United Nations and the African Union have just seven weeks to persuade major rebel factions to attend new Darfur peace talks in Libya _ a tough job because a key rebel leader immediately... more
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CHAD: More aid needed now but peacekeepers not expected for months
Topix - Thursday, September 06, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I want to go and see for myself the very difficult conditions under which our forces will operate" Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. via AlertNet ... more
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Peacekeepers Not Expected for Months
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 06, 2007
eacekeepers are unlikely to arrive in Chad for at least three months, according to senior UN diplomats who spoke following a joint military mission to the country by representatives of the European Union and the UN. Meanwhile the World Food Programme (WFP) is launched a new appeal for funds to... more
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CHAD: More aid needed now but peacekeepers not expected for months
IRIN - Thursday, September 06, 2007
'DJAMENA Thursday, September 06, 2007 (IRIN) - Peacekeepers are unlikely to arrive in Chad for at least three months, according to senior UN diplomats who spoke following a joint military mission to the country by representatives of the European Union and the UN. Meanwhile the World Food Programme (WFP)... more
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UN Launches Massive Food Appeal for Refugees
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 06, 2007
n a race against time, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched an urgent appeal today for $81 million in new donations for another major operation to feed more than 230,000 Sudanese refugees and 150,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Chad, who depend entirely on the handouts for... more
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Echoes of Genocide in Darfur and Eastern Chad
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 06, 2007
he promotion of anarchy and inter-communal fighting is part and parcel of Khartoum’s genocidal counter-insurgency campaign, argue the authors of an ENOUGH Project strategy briefing released today. Chaotic conditions and increased violence in both Darfur and eastern Chad are the echoes of that genocidal ... more
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CHAD: Threat of public sector strikes still hangs over government
Topix - Wednesday, September 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The strikes are another visible element of the deterioration of the overall situation in Chad" NDJAMENA, 4 September 2007 - Trade unions in Chad have suspended a strike that closed hospitals and schools in the capital for three months, but some analysts are warning that the... more
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Threat of Public Sector Strikes Still Hangs Over Government
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
rade unions in Chad have suspended a strike that closed hospitals and schools in the capital for three months, but some analysts are warning that the unions remain a powerful disruptive force and the significance of the strikes should not be ... more
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Floods Hit Refugees And Displaced in East
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
eavy rains in eastern Chad have caused rivers to overflow, washing out several camps for Chadians displaced by inter-ethnic fighting and refugees from Sudan's Darfur ... more
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Divide and rule
Topix - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
p> Elections and stability are a distant prospect for Chad A political accord has opened the way for a new electoral framework, but elections - and stability - remain a distant prospect. via Economist ... more
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UN chief to jumpstart Darfur peace process on Africa tour
Topix - Sunday, September 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I want to know first hand the plight of those we seek to help" UN chief Ban Ki-moon will seek to jumpstart the Darfur peace process during a week-long tour of Sudan, Chad and Libya beginning Monday, ahead of a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping operation in... more
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UN Chief to Visit Darfur Amid Ongoing Attacks
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 31, 2007
opes for restoration of peace in the Sudanese region of Darfur appear to remain as distant as ever, although international efforts to resolve the four-year-long bloody conflict have recently intensified and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is now getting personally ... more
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Resurgent Gadhafi flexing his muscle
Topix - Friday, August 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"He's been around for 40 years and knows change in Africa does not come through democracy - it's at the end of a gun" WASHINGTON - The Leader conducts business in a huge Bedouin tent covered with rugs inside a compound where camels roam free. ... more
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CHAD: Govt to pay US$600,000 as flood damage spreads
Topix - Thursday, August 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It is necessary to assist the victims of the floods, and to plan ahead the medications that will be needed for epidemics" As officials in remote regions throughout Chad report worsening flood damage, Chad's government has pledged to provide US$600,000 to cover initial shelter, food and... more
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Security Council: 5734^th Meeting (PM); Security Council indicates...
Topix - Wednesday, August 29, 2007
p> Acting on new proposals from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council today expressed its readiness to authorize a United Nations-backed, European Union-led peacekeeping force to help protect scores ... via M2.com ... more
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UN Foundation Sends 40,000 Anti-Malaria Nets to Refugee Camps
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
ens of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Chad fleeing the ongoing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region will be saved from potentially fatal bouts of malaria thanks to 40,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated nets being sent by the United Nations ... more
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UN Chief to Visit In Press for Darfur Peace
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he will travel next week to Sudan, Chad and Libya, as he outlined a three-part strategy to deal with the Darfur crisis by ensuring that peacekeepers are deployed quickly and effectively, humanitarian aid and development is more easily available and the peace process pushes... more
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