Battles continue in Darfur as AU deadline expires
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Battles continued Saturday in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, as a deadline set by the African Union (AU) for an end to hostilities expired, AU officials said.
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The African Union's envoy to Sudan said he would continue to negotiate with parties which did not sign a peace deal this year aimed at ending the conflict in the troubled region of Darfur.
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The African Union gives the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels until 1700 GMT on Sunday to stop fighting.
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The Darfur conflict is reaching its &quot;end game,&quot; and no options have been ruled out for the troubled Sudanese region, Britain&#39;s minister for Africa insisted Saturday.
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A UNITED Nations deadline imposed on Sudan to halt the conflict in Darfur expired yesterday with the authorities in Khartoum accused of failing to meet their obligations to protect civilians and rein in the Janjaweed militia.
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A UN spokesman yesterday said that they are still receiving reports of clashes continuing throughout Darfur, where up to 4,000 people are believed to have been forced from their villages in recent days.
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ABUJA, 13 December (IRIN) - Continuing violence in Darfur is derailing efforts to find a political roadmap out of a crisis that has pitted the Sudanese government against rebel groups for almost two years, delegates at AU-sponsored talks said on Monday.
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Rebels refuse to return to AU-sponsored talks with Sudanese government until latter stops attacks in Darfur. ABUJA - Rebel leaders accused the Sudanese government of pursuing an offensive in the western region
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DARFUR, November 5 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - The Darfur talks in Abuja, Nigeria, were stalled Friday, November 5, over a security deal proposed by the African Union (AU), amid reports the situation in the western Sudanese region is heading
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Sudanese troops launched air strikes  against a Darfur village, contrary to reports Khartoum was  withdrawing its forces from the region to meet an African Union  cease-fire deadline, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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ABUJA : Sudan will ignore a UN Security Council deadline to end militia attacks in Darfur by the end of the month and instead resolve the crisis through African Union peace talks, Khartoum&#39;s chief negotiator said.
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AFRICAN Union monitors are investigating claims that Sudanese helicopter gunships bombed a village just days before the expiry of the United Nationsâ deadline for the Khartoum government to end the violence in Darfur.
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Peace talks between Darfur rebels and the  Sudan government have reached a stalemate with both sides  insisting on Thursday that African Union mediators include  their demands in a security blueprint.
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ABUJA, Dec 18  -- Sudanese government troops have not yet began to withdraw from positions seized in a recent offensive against rebels in the Darfur region as demanded in an African Union ultimatum, a senior AU diplomat told AFP on Saturday.
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The African Union is ready to send more peacekeeping troops to quell the deadly violence in Sudan's Darfur region but is prevented from doing so because it lacks the cash, according to officials at the AU headquarters.
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Sudan's government kept up attacks on rebels in Darfur on Saturday, defying a deadline set by African Union mediators for an end to active hostilities, AU officials said.
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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.