EU force on risky Africa mission

The peacekeeping force heading for Chad and the Central African Republic(CAR), January 2008, may be European in name but it will be largely French in number and nature.

BBC News, 1.2.08: Rebels battle near Chad capital http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7221632.stm

Deutsche Welle, 1.2.08: Violence Postpones EU Peacekeeper Deployment to Chad http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3102385,00.html

Council of the European Union: Factsheet: EU Military Operation in Eastern Chad and North Eastern Central African Republic (EUFOR TCHAD/RCA), October 2007 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/backgroundOctober2007ENversion.pdf

Council of the European Union: Policies: Security and Defence: EUFOR TCHAD/RCA http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1366&lang=EN&mode=g

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 3.2.08: EU Presidency Statement on the Republic of Chad http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/cfsp/98543.pdf

Deutsche Welle, 6.2.08: Opinion: Power-Sharing Crucial to Lasting Peace in Chad http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3111482,00.html

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