UN and AU agree on joint Darfur force
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The United Nations and the African Union agreed Thursday on a highly mobile, robust joint force to help protect civilians and restore security to the Darfur region &#151; but Sudan still holds the key to its deployment.
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UNITED NATIONS, June 12 -- Sudan agreed Tuesday to an expanded peacekeeping force in the Darfur region, according to a communique approved by negotiators from Sudan, the United Nations and the African Union.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday hailed the African Union&#39;s decision to send more troops and police to the Western Sudan.
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The United Nations and the  African Union were close to a deal on Wednesday on fielding  23,000 peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s violent Darfur region, but full  deployment is not expected until next year at the earliest.
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Sudan's president expressed hope that negotiations under way in Ethiopia will lead to agreement on a joint United Nations-African Union force to help end the four-year conflict in Darfur.
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The U.N. and African Union chief executives on Wednesday resolved a dispute over command of a proposed joint military force to help end bloodshed in Darfur, but the deal still must be approved by their organizations' security councils and Sudan's government.
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Sudan on Tuesday accepted the deployment of a hybrid African Union-United Nations force to its war-ravaged region of Darfur, according to a joint statement by the AU, UN and Sudan released here.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - A joint United Nations-African Union (AU) force took charge of peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday, seeking to end almost five years of fighting in the western Sudanese region.
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The African Union transferred authority Monday to a new joint peacekeeping force with the United Nations in Darfur that the international community hopes will stem the violence in Sudan's war-torn western region
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The UN Security Council met Friday to endorse a report on a planned UN-African Union joint peacekeeping operation in Darfur which calls for deploying a robust, mobile force of around 20,000 troops with Khartoum&#39;s consent.
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The U.N. Security Council will  recommend that the world body fund a joint African Union-U.N.  peacekeeping mission for Darfur, after receiving assurances it  would be controlled by the U.N, envoys said on Sunday.
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Ethiopia and Egypt will each send  850 troops early in the new year to serve with a joint United  Nations-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region, an AU  official told Reuters on Monday.
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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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Ethiopia and Egypt will each send 850 troops early in the new year to serve with a joint United Nations-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region, an AU official told Reuters on Monday.
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Sudan and the joint U.N.-African Union  peacekeeping force have agreed the terms under which the  26,000-strong force will deploy in western Darfur, officials  said on Monday, removing a major barrier to its operations.
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which has struggled to stem nearly five years of brutal conflict in the western Sudanese region.
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The U.N. Security Council gave its unanimous backing Tuesday to a hybrid U.N.-African Union force for conflict-wracked Darfur and urged all parties to quickly beef up the beleaguered African force on the ground.