AU to send 5,000 troops 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.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Dec

AU agrees to send troops to stop violence in Burundi

The African Union has agreed to send troops to stop violence in Burundi, a senior official said Friday, after talks in which the 54-member bloc warned it would not allow “another genocide”.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Mali asks UN to send more troops

Mali urges the UN to send a rapid intervention force to fight Islamist militants in the country, following the killing of peacekeepers in the north.

 

10 years ago

BBC

China to send troops to South Sudan

China says 700 troops are ready to be deployed to South Sudan to bolster a UN peacekeeping force in the world's newest state.

 

11 years ago

BBC

UN 'may need 10,000 troops in CAR'

The United Nations believes at least 10,000 troops are needed in any force sent to end unrest in Central African Republic, France's UN envoy says.

 

11 years ago

DefenceWeb

19 Jun

Tanzania to train 1 000 Somali troops

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Tanzania to train 1 000 Somali troops
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Tanzania will train 1000 Somali troops. The Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) will soon start training 1 000 members of the Somali National Army (SNA) including soldiers and officers as part of its contribution to the ongoing international security and ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Nov

UN makes plans to send peacekeepers to Burundi

UN officials are making plans to rush peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Burundi if violence spirals out of control there, diplomats said Wednesday.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Dec

Regional leaders want Burundi to accept AU troops

Burundi faces mounting regional pressure to accept African Union peacekeepers it calls an “invasion force”, diplomats said Wednesday, with the issue a key point of talks due in Uganda next week.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Burundi troops 'clash' over coup bid

Heavy fighting breaks out between rival groups of soldiers in Burundi's capital amid confusion about the attempted overthrow of the president.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Dec

Burundi rejects AU troops, brands them invasion force

Burundi’s government said Sunday it would not agree to the deployment of African Union (AU) peacekeepers, warning that they would be seen as “an invasion force”.

 

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