Irish APC’s on patrol in Goz Beida, Chad

An Irish soldier took our camera and filmed during a patrol in Goz Beida, Chad, not far from the border with Darfur.

Streets of N’Djamena, March 2009

Filmed with a flip camera while on assignment in Chad and its capital N’Djamena.

Very rough ride to Camp Ciara during press visit

Some equipment was damaged as we were put on the of a Irish military truck upon arrival at the Goz Beida airstrip in the east of Chad.

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Russian Mi8′s perform low-level flight for journalists on Chad press trip

Two Russian Mi8 Red Army helicopters, in the service of the EU’s EUFOR Tchad/RCA missin, conduct low-level flying for journalists during a press trip to the east of Chad in [Read more...]

Polish rosomaks in the desert dust +++

Recorded on March 13, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.

With the Polish Army on Patrol near Iridimi, Darfur border

Recorded on March 13, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.

Clooney sees EU success at Darfur border

BRUSSELS – Just back from eastern Chad and the border area with Darfur and Sudan, actor George Clooney said in an interview with CNN that the European Union’s military mission in the country has achieved “a certain degree of success” in protecting refugees from the Darfur crisis because the mission had a stronger mandate than that what is usual for UN troops.

The mission, known as EUFOR Chad/RCA, is a bridging mission for the United Nations, which will fold EUFOR it into the MINURCAT mission in Chad and Darfur at the middle of March. EUFOR Chad includes about 3700 European troops, mostly from France, Poland, Ireland but also from Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands and several other EU member states.

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