African Union mediators order Sudan to halt Darfur offensive
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ABUJA  - An African Union commission overseeing the shaky truce in the western Sudanese region of Darfur ordered Sudan&#39;s government to halt a two-week-old offensive against rebel forces and to withdraw.
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The African Union confirmed Saturday that an attack took place on a Darfur camp and called on all parties to exercise restraint ahead of peace talks in Libya next week.
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The United States pressed Sudan's  government on Monday to stop its latest military action in the  western Darfur region and remove any obstacles preventing full  deployment of U.N.-African Union peacekeepers.
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Sudan gave African Union troops a one-week ultimatum Monday to accept a deal blocking a proposed U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur or else leave the war-torn region, a step that would likely worsen the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
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The Sudanese government has promised to cease a military offensive in Darfur, apparently a move toward srestarting peace talks boycotted by the rebels demanding improve dsituation
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia  - 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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The United States pressed Sudan's government on Monday to stop its latest military action in the western Darfur region and remove any obstacles preventing full deployment of U.N.-African Union peacekeepers.
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Khartoum has asked African Union peacekeepers to leave Darfur by the end of the month in a new act of defiance, as its forces engaged in renewed fighting that threatened to plunge the battered region into fresh chaos.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Sudan Sunday said it would  immediately and unconditionally cease hostilities in the remote  Darfur region, and asked the United Nations and African Union  to request that rebel forces do the same.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan has pledged to halt military operations in Darfur, a United Nations spokeswoman said yesterday, but African Union officials said the government had kept up attacks on rebels in the region.
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N'DJAMEMA  - Rebel groups from Sudan's violent Darfur region on Friday suspended a meeting to forge a common position for peace talks with the government, hoping more rebels would join in the consultations, a mediator said.
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The African Union called on the Sudanese government to &quot;immediately disarm&quot; the pro-government Arab Janjaweed militias in the war-torn Darfur region or face sanctions.
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The African Union said on Saturday Sudan  had started withdrawing troops in Darfur ahead of an evening  deadline to end fighting there, but Khartoum said the pullout  was conditional on the rebels halting attacks.
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SUDANESE troops launched air strikes against a Darfur village, contrary to reports Khartoum was withdrawing its forces from the region to meet an African Union ceasefire deadline, an AU spokesman said today.
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Sudan on Sunday asked African Union   forces monitoring a shaky truce in its violent Darfur region to   leave the country by September 30, as Khartoum launched a new   offensive threatening a return to full-blown war.
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SUDAN rejected an African Union (AU) demand today that it pull back its forces from positions seized during its latest two-week-old offensive against rebels in the Darfur region, pushing peace talks to the brink of collapse.
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Sudan agrees to halt its military operations in Darfur immediately, a UK envoy in Khartoum says.