Sudan Backs Away From U.N. Plan
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UNITED NATIONS, March 13 -- Sudan's president has rejected the core elements of a plan to send U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur to help protect civilians from a government-backed campaign of violence.
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Sudan has suspended the work of a U.N.  mission in its violent Darfur region after accusing the world  body of transporting a rebel leader who opposes a recent peace  deal, a Sudanese official said on Sunday.
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Sudan has failed two major U.N. demands aimed at ending violence in its Darfur region &#151; disarm militias and arrest groups attacking villagers, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday.
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Sudan dismissed U.N. criticism of President Omar al-Bashir's failure to approve a joint U.N.-African Union force for conflict-torn Darfur, insisting Wednesday that only "minor details" stand in the way of an agreement.
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Sudan's ruling party has rejected a proposed Security Council resolution to transfer peacekeeping duties in conflict-wracked Darfur to a U.N. force, saying it would violate national sovereignty, official media reported Thursday.
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The African Union reaffirms it will pull out of Darfur, after Sudan rejected  UN plans to take control of the mission.
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An African summit meeting has concluded with a joint statement rejecting any &quot;foreign intervention&quot; in the crisis-torn Sudanese region of Darfur.
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Sudan's leader reiterates his opposition to UN  troops in Darfur as African leaders decide on their force's future.
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Sudan is opposed to the unlimited  extension of African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops in Darfur,  a Sudanese official said on Monday.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan  al-Bashir dismissed criticism by the U.N. secretary-general on  Friday, saying the world body was making unreasonable demands  and turning a blind eye to the activities of Darfur rebels.
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Sudan's president has detailed his objections to a U.N. plan to support African Union troops in Darfur, saying in a document obtained Monday he wants fewer U.N. forces in the country and no helicopters or reconnaissance aircraft.
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The U.N. chief in Sudan said Thursday the government is unlikely to let U.N. peacekeepers in the country anytime soon, and the international community should instead push for the African Union force to remain in the war-torn region indefinitely.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan  al-Bashir has contested U.N. plans for military deployment in  Darfur, according to a letter circulated on Friday.
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Sudan on Thursday dismissed British  Prime Minister Tony Blair's threats of sanctions and a "no-fly  zone" over Darfur, and said it welcomed the visit of a U.N.  mission as long as it reflected reality.
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Top UN officials say the world body should stop trying to persuade Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers in Darfur.
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Sudan denied Wednesday that its army opened fire on a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers attacked in Darfur barely a week into their new mission.
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Arab nations and Muslim groups have rejected any move to impose sanctions on Sudan, where UN officials say Arab militias responsible for atrocities against Africans