Sudanese Official Asserts African Peacekeepers Aren&#39;t Needed
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A top Sudanese official said Wednesday that his country did not need African Union peacekeepers to protect civilians in its troubled western Darfur region but
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A top official from Sudan's ruling party said that the government would not disarm &quot;Arab tribes&quot; in the troubled Darfur region, saying they were not all members of the feared Janjaweed militia.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The African Union said yesterday it will send more peacekeeping troops to Sudan's Darfur region and toughen the soldiers' role in protecting civilians while the international community pressures the Sudanese government to allow a UN military force.
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Sudan&#39;s foreign minister says the government will not accept UN peacekeepers in the Darfur region, the BBC reports. About 50,000 people have been killed in the area in the
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Sudan's president denies there is a humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and says UN troops are not needed.
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Sudanese officials said Tuesday that they felt vindicated by a U.N. investigation that found that atrocities in Sudan's western Darfur region did not amount to genocide. But they disagreed with the United Nations' call to prosecute Sudanese government and military officials for crimes against humanity.
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The African Union says its first contingent of peacekeepers for the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur will be deployed this weekend.
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Sudanese officials and analysts on Wednesday dismissed new US sanctions over what Washington termed Khartoum&#39;s genocide in Darfur as being a largely political exercise rather than harsh economic curbs.
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Government has dismissed speculation that declaring its readiness to serve as a Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) could spark a diplomatic row with certain African countries.
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A top official from Sudan&#39;s ruling party said on Thursday that the government would not disarm &quot;Arab rebels&quot; in the troubled Darfur region, saying they were not all members of the feared Janjaweed militia.
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Sudan said on Sunday the African Union would need Khartoum&#39;s agreement and a new resolution before increasing the number of forces protecting monitors of a shaky ceasefire in the troubled Darfur region.
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A top Sudanese official on Tuesday defended an accused ringleader of Arab militia attacks on African villagers as a legitimate tribal leader and warned any attempt to go after such men could ignite warfare that would tear the country apart.
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Despite pressure for Sudan to accept a peacekeeping force of 23,000 troops and police, a key African Union committee has not approved plans sent by the United Nations, diplomats said on Thursday.
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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 does not object to the deployment of more foreign cease-fire monitors and protection troops in crisis-torn Darfur, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said Saturday.
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The African Union has objected to a proposal for a 23,000-strong AU-U.N. force to help end the bloodshed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because it would give the United Nations command and control, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
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Sudan's leader dismisses talk of genocide