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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Sudan threw the African Union's plan to restore peace to Darfur into turmoil, engaging in a fresh battle with rebel forces and defying an international demand that it halt its offensive, officials said.
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Sudan's government has ordered troops in three areas of Darfur to observe an immediate cease-fire, state media reported Monday, and an international observer said the government will ask rebels to do the same.
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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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The Khartoum government on Wednesday approved to halt its military operations in Darfur to the west of Sudan. This was in a step that will push both the two main rebel movements in the region to give up their
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African Union mediators adjourned Sudan peace talks on Saturday to plan a new approach after failing to get the government and Darfur rebels to end a row over security issues.
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Sudan's government and Darfur rebels  suspended faltering peace talks on Tuesday and the African  Union urged both sides to stop fighting to allow negotiations  to resume in January.
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Mediators from the African Union have adjourned peace talks between the Sudanese government and two rebel groups, after failing to persuade Khartoum to agree to a security agreement designed to
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The African Union issued a 24-hour deadline to the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels on Friday to end fighting after a massive military build-up in the region over the last two weeks.
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Sudan is prepared to halt military operations in the Darfur region if rebels withdraw from some positions they captured earlier this year, government negotiators said Wednesday.
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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 that Sudan had started withdrawing troops in Darfur ahead of an evening deadline to end fighting in the troubled region.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Sudan is prepared to halt military operations in the Darfur region if rebels withdraw from some positions they captured earlier this year, government negotiators said Wednesday at stalemated peace talks.
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African Union (AU) mediators were trying hard to save the Darfur peace talks from collapsing Sunday after the Sudanese government announced its agreement to unconditioned halt of its military operations in the Darfur region.
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KHARTOUM -- Sudan yesterday asked African Union forces monitoring a shaky truce in Darfur to leave the country by Sept. 30, as the government launched a new offensive that threatens a return to full-blown war. Khartoum last week rejected a UN Security Council resolution to deploy peacekeeping troops to replace the cash-strapped and ill-equipped AU force, and instead has moved ...
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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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Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur's main rebel movements have been suspended until January, according to a joint statement from the parties released by the African Union.