AU says Darfur mandate expires at month's end, will consider extension
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The African Union re-affirmed a decision to terminate its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's troubled western Darfur region by month's end but said it would consider extending the mandate.
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A UNITED Nations deadline imposed on Sudan to halt the conflict in Darfur expired yesterday with the authorities in Khartoum accused of failing to meet their obligations to protect civilians and rein in the Janjaweed militia.
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ABUJA, Dec 18  -- Sudanese government troops have not yet began to withdraw from positions seized in a recent offensive against rebels in the Darfur region as demanded in an African Union ultimatum, a senior AU diplomat told AFP on Saturday.
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withdrawn if an agreement is not signed soon to end Africa&#39;s longest-running civil war, its UN ambassador has said. south by the end of the year and solve the crisis in Darfur in western Sudan.
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Sudanese officials welcome the African Union's decision to extend its Darfur mandate until the end of the year.
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A deal to end the devastating conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur could be signed by the end of the year, when Khartoum and southern rebels are due to formally end a separate 21-year conflict, the chairman of the African Union said.
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ABUJA, Dec 11  -- African Union-sponsored peace negotiations on the crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur were to resume Saturday, a spokesman for the continental body told AFP.
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The African Union plans to send more  troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended Darfur peacekeeping  mission, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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Sudan will ignore a UN Security Council deadline to end militia attacks in Darfur by the end of the month and instead resolve the crisis through African Union peace talks, Khartoum's chief negotiator said.
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ABUJA, Aug 29  -- The Sudanese government said here Sunday that it must approve any increase in the number of African Union troops to crisis-ridden Darfur above the 300 soldiers agreed last month with the AU.
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Iraq would seek an extension of the U.N. mandate authorizing U.S.-led forces on its soil if it cannot reach a bilateral deal with the United States by the end of the year, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.
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A draft resolution calling for a speedy end to talks on resolving the crisis in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region is being examined by UN Security Council members.
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Arab League secretary general Amr Mussa said he hoped the African Union would endorse the deployment of Arab troops in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan in the event of an expansion of the AU force there.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20 -- The African Union said Wednesday that it would extend the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Darfur through the end of the year, ensuring that international troops will remain in the war-torn Sudanese province for now.
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UN officials in Sudan said Friday that they hope an expanded AU force will be deployed in Darfur by the end of the month, after Sudan&#39;s foreign minister agreed to allow in 3,500 forces.
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Some 350,000 people in Sudan's   war-ravaged west could be displaced if African Union forces   leave Darfur when their mandate expires at the end of the   month, the United Nations said on Monday.