France, Britain raise specter of sanctions on Darfur
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The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks.
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France&#39;s Jacques Chirac has reignited a bitter row over the US-led invasion of Iraq on the eve of a state visit to London, accusing the United States and Britain of making the world a more dangerous place.
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European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday must increase diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire in Chad to prevent a major humanitarian crisis, British charity Oxfam said.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said here on Saturday that the European Union(EU) may impose sanctions on the Sudanese government if it fails to comply with UN resolutions on the Darfur crisis.
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LONDON, England -- French President Jacques Chirac is in London for a state visit after reigniting a bitter row over the US-led invasion of Iraq, saying the US and Britain had made the world a more dangerous place.
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United Nations: France on Monday pressed the UN Security Council to slap an arms embargo on Ivory Coast amid an upsurge of violence in the west African nation but ran into reluctance from China, diplomats said.
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The European Union is to threaten sanctions against Sudan&#39;s government for failing to stop &quot;massive and severe&quot; human rights abuses by Arab militia against African villagers in Darfur.
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Britain, France and Ghana on Wednesday circulated a revised Security Council draft resolution authorizing joint African Union-UN peacekeeping in Darfur for an initial period of 12 months.
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Paris scrambled Monday to contain a row sparked by a French charity's bid to airlift more than 100 children out of Chad, a key ally for Europe's peacekeeping strategy in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region.
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A summit intended to strengthen  ties between Africa and former colonial power France opened on  Thursday but all eyes will be on a subject not on the agenda --  Sudan's battered Darfur province.
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French President Jacques Chirac began a visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering accusations against Washington and London of endangering the world by invading Iraq.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The government yesterday scorned Western threats to use sanctions and no-fly zones to pressure Sudan into accepting UN peacekeepers in Darfur, saying harsh measures would not end the violence there.
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The leaders of Britain and France pledged Friday to step up pressure on their allies to help end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, saying it is crucial to quickly deploy more peacekeepers and maintain the threat of sanctions against combatants on both sides.
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CAFOD is calling on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to step up the pressure on the Sudanese Government to bring peace to the war torn region of Darfur when he visits Khartoum tomorrow.
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Tony Blair is being urged to demand immediate and punitive sanctions against the Sudanese government in an attempt to halt the slaughter, ethnic cleansing and rape in the Darfur region.
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Britain and France said on Friday they  would push for the U.N. Security Council to quickly authorise  thousands of troops and police for Darfur and told Khartoum to  act fast on the crisis or face more sanctions.
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The United States and the European  Union stepped up calls on Friday for Sudan to let international  troops in to support African Union forces in Darfur amid  growing talk of sanctions on Khartoum.