Sep 28th, 2009 · The FBI is looking into reports that a young man from the Seattle area took part in a suicide bombing in Somalia. The attack last week killed 21 people at an African Union peacekeepers base.
Sep 17th, 2009 · Islamist suicide bombers in explosives-laden cars with U.N. logos drove onto the main base of African Union peacekeepers Thursday and triggered two massive blasts that a witness reported killed at least 11 people, blew out windows and shrouded the sky in black smoke.
Jun 28th, 2008 · President Bush has called for additional sanctions against Zimbabwe, which held a runoff presidential election on Friday that was marred by violence and widely seen as a sham. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, who is on her way to a summit meeting of the African Union, talks about sanctions and what she hopes to gain at the meeting.
May 30th, 2008 · More than 200,000 people have been killed in the four-year-old conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. Recently, a joint force of United Nations and African Union peacekeepers honored their dead. The ceremony comes at a time when the nature of violence has grown more complicated in Darfur.
Oct 1st, 2007 · At least 10 African Union soldiers were killed in Darfur over the weekend when about 1,000 rebels from the Sudan Liberation Army, the largest rebel group in Darfur, attacked the peacekeepers' base outside the town of Haskanita.
Oct 1st, 2007 · A base housing African Union forces has been left a smouldering ruin after an unprecedented rebel assault on the peacekeeping contingent. As many as 40 soldiers have been killed.
Aug 28th, 2007 · The United Nations is trying to put together its biggest operation in the world -- a protection force for Darfur, Sudan. The U.N. peacekeeping office, led by Jane Holl Lute, plans to work with African Union troops already on the ground. But it's clear that a much more mobile force is needed to protect millions of people at risk there.
Aug 1st, 2007 · The United Nations Security Council Tuesday unanimously approved measures to send 26,000 peacekeepers to the Sudan to help end Darfur's deadly conflict. The African Union and United Nations hope that the mission will help put a stop to the four years of violence in Darfur, in which 200,000 have been killed.