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Sauli Niinistö, who led Finland into the eurozone as finance minister, beats EU's former envoy to Darfur, Pekka Haavisto. Sauli Niinistö was elected as president of...

The five principles we should apply in considering the use of force. All the world hates a hypocrite. When states preach virtues they do not practice, or set lower hurdles...

The EU has sent more than 100 observers and analysts to monitor a referendum that is expected to split Sudan into two countries. Close to four million South Sudanese will...

Chad and Darfur show how conflict management can go very wrong. For seven years, activists have called for help for the suffering in Darfur and Chad. After this month's...

European states face a common, and interconnected, dilemma at the UN and in NATO – how to project force credibly. While Anders Fogh Rasmussen was spending his first day in...

That promise of the West meant nothing during the Rwandan genocide and means nothing today in Darfur. Fifteen years ago, in only three months almost a million Tutsis and...

Experience suggests that bringing Sudan's leader to court could bring unexpected benefits. The arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan is an important test of...

This well-written book about Darfur could have been even better if it had prescribed remedies to end the violence. Few countries will follow the first foreign-policy steps...

The winner of next week's US presidential election will be tested on geopolitical and financial issues. Politics is unpredictable. Many pundits predicted that the current...

EU is capable of supplying all the troop-carrying helicopters needed by UN peacekeepers, report says. EU member states have several dozen military helicopters that...

The EU has been strong on generalities and wobbly on meaningful action. The indictment of Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, on genocide charges is a bold step by the...

Indictment puts aid and projects at risk; international personnel remain in other regions. The indictment of Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, on genocide charges on...

Justice for Darfuris is needed, not just for the victims but to help avert a repetition of atrocities, Human Rights Watch argues. The prosecutor of the International...

Although the International Criminal Court has had some success in its ten years of existence, its powers are still inadequate. On 16 June, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief...

After months of delay and barring yet another last-minute upset, Sudan's first-ever census to include the breakaway south – supported with EU funding – will take off on...

Chad and Afghanistan are currently among the two most violent and conflict-ridden corners of the world. That is just about the only common ground between them, since they are...

EU peacekeepers are arriving in Chad, now that the government of President Idriss Déby has regained control of the capital, Ndjamena. Rebels briefly entered Ndjamena...

The year 2007 should have been a perfect year for the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP): from the big picture to the detail, change and above all progress can be...

Ending civil wars and other violence in Africa is proving problematic for the EU and US, writes Toby Vogel. On 3 October 1993, 18 US soldiers were killed in an ambush in the...

Events become so odd and outrageous that the world loses its capacity to surprise: a Russian parliamentarian plants his national flag at the North Pole, the Canadian...