AU will not abandon Darfur: AU chairman
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The African Union will not abandon  Darfur but it needs more international support if it is to  continue its peacekeeping mission, the AU commission chairman  said in a meeting with European Union leaders on Monday.
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The U.N. chief in Sudan said Thursday the government is unlikely to let U.N. peacekeepers in the country anytime soon, and the international community should instead push for the African Union force to remain in the war-torn region indefinitely.
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A top official from Sudan's ruling party said that the government would not disarm &quot;Arab tribes&quot; in the troubled Darfur region, saying they were not all members of the feared Janjaweed militia.
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Plans to deploy a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force to Sudan's violence-plagued Darfur region could still be derailed by a dearth in funding and political will, the chairman of the African Union warned Sunday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (CP) - Sudan isn't afraid of a U.S.-backed United Nations resolution threatening sanctions over the violence in Darfur, President Omar el-Bashir was quoted as saying Sunday.
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African forces should be fully deployed to Sudan's troubled Darfur region by the end of the year despite some delays in building the infrastructure to house them, the new head of the African Union mission said on Saturday.
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Sudan's leader reiterates his opposition to UN  troops in Darfur as African leaders decide on their force's future.
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There appears to be no end in sight to the fighting in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. Attempts by the African Union (AU) to enforce a cease-fire there have come to nothing.
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The African Union reaffirms it will pull out of Darfur, after Sudan rejected  UN plans to take control of the mission.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged patience to end the bloodshed in Darfur and voiced hope that Sudan would keep a pledge to allow a joint African Union-United Nations force in the war-torn region.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - President George W. Bush, who has been pushing for the United Nations to take stronger action in Darfur, on Thursday said he would not unilaterally send U.S. troops to that region of Sudan.
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Sudan is opposed to the unlimited  extension of African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops in Darfur,  a Sudanese official said on Monday.
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The African Union urged Sudan's government and Darfur rebels to remain engaged in peace talks Monday, after negotiations foundered over what the U.N. has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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A new United Nations report says Sudan has not disarmed Arab militias in Darfur or stopped attacks.
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The African Union (AU)-sponsored talks to restore peace in war-ravaged Darfur region, western Sudanreached a deadlock again on Monday when negotiators of the Sudanese government
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudan's government kept up attacks on rebels in Darfur last night, defying a deadline set by African Union mediators for an end to active hostilities, AU officials said.
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Darfur's rebel Sudan Liberation Movement insisted that African Union-brokered peace talks have not broken down irretrievably, as mediators confirmed that the two rebel groups were still in consultations to restore peace.