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International action needed to keep peace in Sudan
Khartoum :: Sudan | about 16 hours ago
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International action needed to keep peace in Sudan November 24, 2009 — Sudan, the largest country in Africa, is on the verge of plunging into yet another north/south civil war. International failure to guarantee the key provisions of a linchpin peace...
Tags: South Sudan, Sudan People, Khartoum, peaceful agreement, arms embargo, civil war, international action, Darfur Genocide, African Union, CPA, Sudan, War in Darfur, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Politics, North Africa, East Africa, Second Sudanese Civil War, Politics of Sudan, War Conflict
Israel up in arms over weapons seizure
Tehrān :: Iran | 20 days ago
Credibility Ambassadors and diplomats from 44 countries, along with military attaches from 27 nations, were taken to a base in central Israel on Thursday evening to see for themselves the weapons and ammunition seized from the ship Francop in international waters...
Tags: Israeli, Israel Navy, Shiite Iran, Islamist Hezbollah, Lebanon Bookmark, ship carrying, U.N., arms embargo
EU imposes Guinea arms embargo after massacre
Conakry :: Guinea | 29 days ago
Credibility EU imposes Guinea arms embargo after protest massacre Human Rights Watch accuses members of presidential guard of killing at least 150 people at peaceful rally last month Captain Moussa 'Dadis' Camara seized power in a coup in December 2008. Photograph:...
Tags: Guinean, Human Rights Watch, arms embargo, Presidential Guard, Moussa Dadis Camara
EU prepares sanctions, arms embargo for Guinea
Conakry :: Guinea | about 1 month ago
Credibility The European Union is preparing to impose an arms embargo and visa ban to punish Guinea's military rulers for last month's massacre at a pro-democracy rally. An official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official decision still has to be...
Tags: Guinean, arms embargo, visa ban
US backs Guinea arms embargo
Conakry :: Guinea | about 1 month ago
Credibility The United States on Tuesday said it "strongly supports" a West African arms embargo against Guinea, where dozens of opposition supporters have been killed in political violence. The White House said it backed moves by members of the Economic Community...
Tags: Guinea, arms embargo, military ruler
Guinea under arms embargo after deadly protest
Conakry :: Guinea | about 1 month ago
Credibility W est African leaders said Saturday they are imposing an arms embargo on Guinea after soldiers there fatally shot pro-democracy demonstrators and will try to stop Guinea's military ruler from running in January's presidential election.
Tags: Guinean, West African States, arms embargo, Moussa Dadis Camara, african leaders, Radio France International, captain moussa, Nigeria, military junta, seized power
Canada plans to resume arms sale to Pakistan
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 6 months ago
Credibility Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay, who is currently in Pakistan, told a Canadian newspaper that his government might soon end its 11-year embargo on the sale of arms to Islamabad. "Doing military business in the future, and trade in particular, is...
Tags: Pakistan, Canada, Peter MacKay, minister peter, arms embargo, defence minister
Amnesty urges arms embargo on Israel
Jerusalem :: Israel | 9 months ago
Credibility The human rights group Amnesty International called on the United States to stop weapons sales to Israel and on all countries to impose an arms embargo on both Israel and the Palestinians. "As the major supplier of weapons to Israel, the USA has a particular...
Tags: Place Israel, Israeli, Gaza Strip, arms embargo, Amnesty International, United States, human rights, Hamas, Amnesty Report, suspend military
UN Security Council strengthens sanctions against Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 1 year ago
Credibility The UN Security Council decided on Thursday to strengthen the arms embargo on the violence-plagued nation of Somalia by specifying sanctions against violators and expanding the mandate of the committee that oversees the ban. Unanimously adopting resolution...
Tags: Somalia, UN Security Council, South Africa, arms embargo, United Nations News
Peacekeepers persuading Darfur rebels to ceasefire
Khartoum :: Sudan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Emmanuelle Karenzi, deputy commander of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission, also said an investigation is under way into the conflicting claims by government and rebels over who is to blame for recent violence in northern Darfur...The weekend...
Tags: peace, Darfur, war, Sudan, Chad, arms embargo, U.N.-African Union Mission, real regrets
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