EU: U.N. considering force for Darfur refugees in Chad
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The European Union and the  United Nations are considering sending troops and police to  protect Darfur refugees and other homeless people in  neighboring Chad, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.
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Sudan has accepted a United  Nations-African Union peacekeeping force of up to 23,000 troops  and police for Darfur but some U.N. diplomats fear conditions  may be attached.
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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees proposed autonomy for the troubled Darfur region of Sudan &#151; a solution the government has resisted but said Friday it would be willing to discuss anew in an effort to end the violence that has killed 50,000 people.
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The European Union called on Chad's  warring government and rebels to negotiate a peace deal as  relief agencies said on Monday a fresh refugee crisis was  developing in the east where EU troops are being deployed.
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Some 30,000 Sudanese, victims of fresh attacks by Arab militia inside Darfur, have threatened to cross into Chad, the U.N. refugee agency warned on Friday.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 17 (IPS) - The European Union is preparing to launch a  peacekeeping mission in eastern Chad as a response to attacks on  civilians from militia crossing the country's border with  Sudan.
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The international community should consider all options &#151; including military intervention &#151; as it mulls how to deal with Sudan's rejection of a U.N. peacekeeping force for war-ravaged Darfur, a top British official said Monday.
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The UN Security Council has expressed its support for a joint United Nations-European Union security force for eastern Chad and the northeastern region of the Central Africa Republic in order to protect civilians affected by strife in neighbouring Darfur.
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by our Internet desk, 14 September 2004. The European Union has renewed its threat of sanctions against the Sudanese government unless it takes action to disarm Arab militias threatening refugees in the western Darfur region.
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Sudan will come under pressure at a tripartite meeting in Addis Ababa next week to allow the deployment of a joint African Union-UN force in Darfur, a senior UN official said Wednesday.
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The UN Security Council approves a French plan to send UN and EU forces to protect refugees from Darfur.
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The United Nations said on Wednesday that African Union monitors should be deployed in Darfur refugee camps and should also monitor police to help in building trust with the local community.
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A joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force could be in Sudan's Darfur region by October, depending on how quickly the two organizations are able to get troops and funds, a Sudanese diplomat said Wednesday.
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Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has assured France a charity's bid to fly 100 children from the country will not hinder the deployment of an EU force on the Darfur border, a French minister said Monday.
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The European Union said Friday it had postponed the deployment of a peacekeeping force to protect Darfur refugees because of an upsurge of rebel activity in neighboring Chad.
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Troops from Chad entered Sudan's Darfur region in pursuit of Chadian rebels Friday as the U.N. and humanitarian aid groups prepared to pull some workers out of a key border town, fearing an imminent battle.
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Tens of thousands more refugees might flee Sudan's Darfur region into neighboring Chad because of persistent attacks and rapes by Arab militias, the United Nations said Friday.