U.N. Deadline Nears for Disarming in Sudan
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Security remains elusive in the vast Darfur region despite next Monday's deadline that the United Nations set for the Sudanese government to disarm militiamen from nomadic Arab tribes accused of killing thousands of African farmers and looting their villages. Sudan faces the possibility of economic and diplomatic sanctions if it does not bring calm.
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The United Nations urged warring   groups in Darfur on Thursday to lay down their weapons during   the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to let relief workers operate   in Sudan's battered west.
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A draft resolution calling for a speedy end to talks on resolving the crisis in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region is being examined by UN Security Council members.
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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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A top Sudanese official said Thursday his country isn&#39;t &quot;bothered&quot; by a looming UN deadline to rein in Arab militia accused of atrocities in the bloodied Darfur region.
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Peacekeepers in Congo are prepared to help disarm Hutu rebels threatening Rwanda from Congolese soil to ease tensions between the two Central African neighbors, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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IT HAS been called the worldâs worst humanitarian crisis, but the United Nationsâ deadline of tomorrow for Sudan to stop the mass killings in its Darfur region is expected to pass with more slaughter by roaming gangs of militiamen.
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The African Union issued a 24-hour  deadline to the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels on Friday  to end fighting after a massive military build-up in the region  over the last two weeks.
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The United States and its allies  are expected to face opposition from Russia and China in the  U.N. Security Council for targeted sanctions to pressure  government, militia and rebel forces to end the bloodshed in  Sudan's Darfur region.
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His time at the helm of the world body nearing an end, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan stepped up his efforts Tuesday to force a halt to atrocities in Darfur, demanding the U.N. Human Rights Council send an independent team of investigators to the volatile Sudanese region.
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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's chief negotiator said.
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Attacks on refugees in Sudan's Darfur  region are still a major problem, a senior U.N. official said  Monday, as a deadline arrived for Sudan to give them better  protection or face U.N. sanctions.
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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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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug 19, 2004  -- As the month-end deadline nears for Sudan to disarm the Janjaweed militias in Darfur, the United Nations and Western powers debate how far to go to stop the killing ...
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A U.N. envoy is expected to report enough progress by the Sudanese government in tackling the humanitarian crisis in the western Darfur region to satisfy the Security Council and avoid immediate U.N. sanctions, several U.N. diplomats said Tuesday.
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NAIROBI, 16 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - The United Nations Security Council meeting that is due to take place on Thursday and Friday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, will focus on the situation in Sudan and on the peace process in Somalia,a UN official said.
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Armed UN troops backed by armoured personnel carriers enforced a nationwide disarmament deadline in Liberia on Sunday, days after a fresh burst of violence showed illicit weapons still at large in the war-battered West African