The United States has complained for months about the slow deployment of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, known as Unamid.

The United States has complained for months about the slow deployment of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, known as Unamid.

The United Nations Security Council authorized the presence of an African Union force in Somalia for an additional six months.

Why interventions aren?t going away.

The preliminary agreement between the nation?s feuding political leaders paves the way for a power-sharing deal.

The apparent breakthrough occurred after South Africa?s president, Thabo Mbeki, proposed forming a team drawn from African regional bodies and the United Nations.

Peacekeepers face tough logistics. And there?s no peace to keep.

African leaders at the Group of Eight meeting resisted pressure to adopt a tougher stance against Robert Mugabe.

African leaders at the Group of Eight meeting resisted pressure from President Bush and other Western leaders to adopt a tougher stance against Zimbabwe?s Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe?s opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, rejected the African Union?s call for talks with Robert Mugabe, citing continuing government-backed violence.