Posts Tagged ‘peacekeeping’
Seven rebels killed in DRC, or "Sometimes peacekeepers do shoot people."
In catching up on events that happened in the world while I was traveling from one part of it to another, I hit a Reuters report that the United Nations killed seven FDLR earlier this week (though not with guns, as my misleading headline implies. With rockets. Little ones, presumably.) Here’s how it apparently went [...]
"I see your war crimes charge and raise you civilian protection…"
This is old-ish news, but it merits repeating: After five years of genocide, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is flirting with peace in Darfur. He just wants one thing in return—immunity from that pesky genocide charge issued this summer by the International Criminal Court (ICC). And the United Nations, after years of tough talk about ending [...]
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