@article{Segell_2011, title={THE FIRST NATO MISSION TO AFRICA: DARFUR}, volume={36}, url={https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/49}, DOI={10.5787/36-2-49}, abstractNote={NATO answered a call for assistance from the African Union (AU) in their<br />AMIS mission in the Darfur region of Sudan in April 2005, providing airlift and<br />training in conjunction with the European Union until the end of the mission in<br />December 2007. This was the first time that NATO entertained a task on the African<br />continent. NATO undertook the mission on humanitarian grounds without invoking<br />any treaty and without any member state’s security being under any direct threat.<br />This was a milestone in NATO’s history, and it provides a case to understanding<br /&gt;regional alliances, regionalism and the development of trans-regionalism.}, number={2}, journal={Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies}, author={Segell, Glen}, year={2011}, month={Aug.} }