U.S. urges Arab help on Darfur
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The Bush administration has begun quietly urging Arab countries to help overcome Sudan's resistance to deploying 20,000 U.N. peacekeepers and police to the troubled Darfur region, the new U.S. special envoy for Sudan said Wednesday
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has expressed grave concern over a recent increase in violence in the Darfur region of Sudan and called on both sides to honor a cease-fire.
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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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Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday the abuses committed by government-supported Arab militias in Sudan qualify as genocide against the black African population in the Darfur region â- determination that should bring
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African Union forces are not equal to task of securing Darfur and Sudan must allow them to be replaced by a bigger, better-funded U.N. peacekeeping mission, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday.
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A renewed US push to end the tragedy in Sudan's Darfur region shows little promise of quick success, with Washington unwilling to put new teeth into its demand that the Khartoum government accept an aggressive UN peacekeeping force to halt the killing.
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US president to call for international peace conference including Israeli and Arab representatives.
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The U.S. State Department on   Wednesday described as "unsatisfactory" Sudan's official reply   to a personal message sent by President George W. Bush for   Khartoum to accept a U.N. force in Darfur.
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The United States circulated a draft resolution Wednesday supporting a larger monitoring force for Sudan's Darfur region and threatening action against the country's oil exports if the government doesn't stop militias from attacking villagers.
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The United States launched a new push to revive Middle East peace moves on Wednesday, with Washington under pressure from Arab allies to make it a priority.
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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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J   an Egeland , the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs and the U.N. emergency relief coordinator, had a dual purpose for his visit to Washington this week. He told U.S. officials that American relief and food assistance has saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Congo. But he also said there was a global trend of declining support for humanitarian efforts around the world.
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Sudan's U.N. ambassador challenged the United States to send troops to the Darfur region if it really believes a genocide is taking place as the U.S. Congress and President Bush's administration have determined.
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Algeria, Egypt and Libya informed the Arab League they were ready to send armed troops to Sudan's crisis-ridden region of Darfur, an official from the pan-Arab body said Sunday.
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Sudan&#39;s foreign minister yesterday accused the Bush administration of trying to woo African-American voters and diverting attention from Iraq by seeking to stir up international action over the Darfur crisis.
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Arab League secretary general Amr Mussa said he hoped the African Union would endorse the deployment of Arab troops in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan in the event of an expansion of the AU force there.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she pressed Sudan's government to accept a U.N. force in the war-torn region of Darfur, warning improved U.S. relations depended on it.