UN.hails AU buildup of Darfur mission
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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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A UN mission goes to Darfur to see if Sudan's government is  keeping promises to improve security.
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TRIPOLI, Libya &#151; After a weeklong trip to three African countries, the U.N. secretary-general said Sunday he was encouraged by "credible progress" toward settling one of the continent's bloodiest conflicts in Sudan's Darfur region.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Sept. 25 -- The African Union will add 4,000 troops to its Darfur peacekeeping mission, bolstering the 7,000 poorly funded and under-equipped A.U. forces currently monitoring a battered cease-fire.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Sudan is optimistic that the  U.N. Security Council will recognize its achievements in  improving the humanitarian and security situation in troubled  Darfur, Sudan's foreign minister said Thursday.
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The African Union (AU) agreed to extend the mandate of its peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region for three months until December 31 after receiving promises of financial and logistical support from the United Nations and Arab states.
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The Security Council on Wednesday welcomed Sudan&#39;s nod for a joint African Union-UN force to end bloodshed in Darfur and urged &quot;timely and full implementation&quot; of the deal, after getting assurances that Khartoum means business.
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U.N. Security Council members on Sunday said they had assurances from Sudan that command and control of a joint African Union-U.N. force in Darfur would be under the world body.
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The head of the planned hybrid African Union-UN peacekeeping force for Sudan&#39;s war-torn western Darfur region is optimistic for his mission while acknowledging the complexity of the task.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a top aide to Sudan to press his case for bolstering an African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur with substantial U.N. resources, a spokesman said on Monday.
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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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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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UNITED NATIONS &#151; Sudan insisted Friday that African countries have offered enough troops for a peacekeeping force in Darfur despite U.N. concerns that the mission will not be effective without specialized contributions from outside the continent.
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A UN Security Council team and African Union officials on Saturday discussed the speedy deployment of a hybrid force in Darfur following Khartoum&#39;s long-awaited nod for the peacekeepers.
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The United Nations is to send a special envoy to Sudan to coordinate assistance to the embattled African Union force deployed in war-torn Darfur, state media have reported.
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The new United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur in Sudan is due to start its operations on Monday.
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The African Union plans to send more  troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended peacekeeping  mission in war-ravaged Darfur, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.