Despair over Darfur.
A shortage of African peacekeepers probably means that nations of the continent will not be able to provide enough troops to meet the United Nations target for deployment in Darfur, a US State Department official said. Cameron Hume, who heads the US diplomatic mission in Sudan, said the African...

Haiti and Latin America.
In 2005, several Haitians attended the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil in a desperate attempt to tell all who would listen about the United States-backed coup d'etat just 10 months earlier that led to the ouster of their democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Haiti has always been...

Ethiopia embassy replies.
It is a great pity that Cameron Duodu chose to base his article (Somalia: Why the new American blueprint is dangerous in Africa, NA Feb) on ill-founded political punditry. As a result, it relies far too heavily on secondary sources. As ambassador of my country I am obliged to...

Advocacy in action: Annual 2006 DPI/NGO Conference at the United Nations.
ACEI was again represented at the annual DPI/ NGO conference, along with 1,600 participants from around the world. The mood this year was somber and quite serious, possibly in response to the uncertainty created by the Middle East crisis that was raging while the conference was taking place. The...

Residents of remote town in Abra sign covenant for peace.
Byline: DEXTER A. SEE BANGUED, Abra -- A group of residents in Lacob town, this province have signed a covenant that is expected to help minimize electoral fraud and violence in this conflict-stricken province. Some 600 resident of the different barangays of the remote Abra...

Keep'em kicking dust! Throughout history, logistics have proven to form the backbone of any military deployment. This is the reason why, for modern land operations, vehicles play a vital role to keep the supply chain intact. The loss of a single link can have dire consequences for the men involved.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The logistic vehicle has all too often been the poor child of military fleets. Generally, they are basic lorries merely adapted to carry the required supplies. However, while they may prove suitable for road and reasonably surfaced trail use, they often reach their limits on...

Clubs India with US, EU & Russia.
Byline: Sheila Mathrani .What makes India important to the Swiss? Switzerland's foreign policy has already identified India among the seven most important countries in the world, along with the US, the EU, Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa. The Swiss are convinced that India is a global...

Bullish Medium Armoured Vehicles: in the introduction to Armada International's 2006 Medium Armoured Vehicles supplement it was reported that three European members of Nato were set to select wheeled armoured fighting vehicles over the coming months. The honours were evenly divided.
On 27 January 2006 the Belgian government announced it would acquire up to 242 Mowag 8 x 8 Piranha IIIC vehicles in a project worth over 500 million [euro]. Five months later the Czech Minister of Defence signed a 821 million [euro] contract with Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug for 199 8...

The United Nations mission for the referendum in Western Sahara.
9780773456259 The United Nations mission for the referendum in Western Sahara. Sola-Martin, Andreu. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2006 198 pages $109.95 Hardcover DT346 Established by the Security Council in 1991, the United...

SOMALIA - Mar 18 - Somali Insurgents Locked In Battle With Troops.
Somali insurgents battle Ethiopian and government troops with mortar and artillery fire, killing two people and wounding at least 16 others who were caught in the crossfire. Mortar attacks were launched against four separate areas in the capital, targeting the seaport and former intelligence headquarters, where insurgent attacks against...