While the United Nations deliberates reinforcing its mission in Chad and the Central African Republic, the EU’s peacekeeping force in the region, Eufor, is stepping up preparations to hand over ...

France has announced its willingness to contribute an additional 500 troops and about ten helicopters to the EUFOR Chad/CAR mission. Regardless, logistical issues loom large on the horizon and will ...

The European force (Eufor) is based in eastern Chad, with more than a third of its 3,200 troops stationed in the "Camp des Etoiles" outside the town of Abeche. FRANCE 24 special correspondents ...

Mary Fitzgerald reports on her visit to Gassire which houses some of the 130,000 displaced Chadians who have fled inter-ethnic… Mary Fitzgeraldreports on her visit to Gassire which houses some of the ...

A member of European Forces (EUFOR) stands in front of the Bosnia and Herzegovina and EU flags during Change of Command Ceremony in Sarajevo on March 28, 2017 [File: Reuters/Dado Ruvic] On November 3, ...

Farchana, Chad - While tensions remain high along Chad's eastern frontier with Sudan, European Union peacekeepers are finding their most serious enemy so far to be the heat and the dust. The EU force, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: EUFOR army members participate in military exercise at Kalinovik training ground in Kalinovik SARAJEVO (Reuters) - ...

A Russian veto on the EU-led force would serve as a wake-up call for Bosnia, and lead to a greater focus on self-reliance in defence. As Bosnia transitions from one crisis to the next, observers in ...

Valentin Inzko, the EU’s special representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has warned member states against phasing out Eufor, the Union’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, too early. The Peace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People dig out a buried car after floods and landslides in Topcic Polje May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - ...

After less than 12 months, the European Union's military mission in Central African Republic is coming to an end. It has helped to restore peace to the country - an immense task that is far from over.

The most significant peacekeeping mission ever undertaken by the European Union began its life in a huge white tent which, under normal circumstances, is used by the US army as a gym. On the surface, ...