U.S. Seeks More African Troops in Sudan
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The United States is pushing for an expanded African Union force to monitor the cease-fire in Sudan's troubled Darfur region and will support sanctions against Khartoum if the government resists, U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said.
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KIGALI,Rawanda, Aug 18, 2004 (RNA)-- The African Union has pledged to send more troops to Darfur, Sudan, to protect civilians in case militias resume attacks on them, official sources told RNA. &quot;This is essential in order to give ourselves sufficient ...
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A U.S. congressman and the top American aid official who toured camps of displaced people in Sudan's troubled Darfur region on Saturday called for the international community to do more to end the 19-month conflict. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since conflict erupted in February 2003.
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The United States and the European Union stepped up calls on Friday for Sudan to let international troops in to support African Union forces in Darfur amid growing talk of sanctions on Khartoum.
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The United States will consider further sanctions against Sudan if it continues "dragging its feet" over accepting a U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force, a top U.S. official said on Thursday.
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The US has provided airlifts and pledged $300 million to support African troops in western Sudan.
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The United States declared on  Thursday that the violence in Sudan's Darfur region amounted to  genocide and urged the world to back an expanded African  peacekeeping force to halt the bloodshed.
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More peacekeepers are needed in Sudan's Darfur region to protect refugees, a top UN envoy says.
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The United States pressed Sudan on   Monday to accept a U.N. force in its troubled Darfur region, as   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Khartoum its military   bombardment of the region was illegal.
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The United States and other nations must step up their efforts to address the genocide against black Africans in the Darfur region of Sudan by government-supported Arab militias, US Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.
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The UN sought on Tuesday a doubling of aid to Sudan to $1.5 billion as the United States called for more troops and diplomatic pressure to secure peace and alleviate a humanitarian crisis in the strife-torn country.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday the United States would provide financial assistance to African Union troops on a proposed mission to end the looting and killing in western Sudan.
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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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The United States called the situation in Sudan &quot;troubling&quot; in the wake of Khartoum's vow to ask the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur to leave while massing its own troops in the region.
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The largest human rights monitoring group in the United States, Human Rights Watch, is calling on the African Union to accelerate its efforts to protect citizens in Darfur and to expand its troops.
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The United States voiced concern about clashes between rival southern Sudanese military forces earlier this week, saying the unrest shows the need for a more robust African Union force in the country.
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The United Nations' special envoy for Sudan appealed Wednesday for European logistical help in urgently deploying thousands of African peacekeepers to Darfur, where months of conflict has killed more than 50,000 people and uprooted a million more.