Sudan Agrees to Expanded African Union Presence in Darfur
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Sudan has agreed to accept an expanded African Union force in its western Darfur region to help protect civilians against marauding pro-government militia.
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The United Nations and the African Union agreed Thursday on a highly mobile, robust joint force to help protect civilians and restore security to the Darfur region &#151; but Sudan still holds the key to its deployment.
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UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.
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Sudan has urged the African Union to extend the mandate of its truce monitors in Darfur, ahead of a crucial vote by the African body and amid mounting pressure on Khartoum to accept UN forces.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Oct. 20, 2004 - The African Union&#39;s Peace and Security Council voted Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police
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Canadian and European Union leaders welcomed the African Union's decision to increase seven-fold its monitoring force in Sudan's Darfur region, and pledged to support the effort.
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The African Union&#39;s peace and security council Wednesday formally agreed to send as many as 3,200 African peacekeepers to the Darfur region of Sudan to help halt violence
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The African Union on Wednesday agreed to beef up its peacekeeping force in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region and send hundreds of civilian police officers in an effort
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Sudan has agreed to African Union (AU) plans to deploy an enlarged force of 3,500 troops to the troubled Darfur region, an AU official for conflict management told Reuters on Friday.
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ADDIS ABABA - One third of troop reinforcements taking part in an expanded African Union peacekeeping force have arrived in Sudan&#39;s western region of Darfur, the pan-African body said.
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The African Union is to begin deploying more than 3,000 additional troops to Sudan's Darfur region within the next two weeks, the head of the 53-member organization's security organ said Wednesday.
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Sudan will allow African Union troops   to remain in its turbulent Darfur region but only if their AU   mandate was extended beyond September 30 and not as part of a   U.N. force, a presidential advisor said on Monday.
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Sudan and Chad agreed on Wednesday to strengthen implementation of an existing deal to end the violence that has spilled over from Darfur onto their borders, a Sudanese presidential adviser said.
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Sudan will deploy new integrated forces in Darfur to work alongside African Union peacekeepers in providing security in the region, President Omar al-Beshir said.
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Sudan is expected to agree to an   extended African Union peacekeeping mandate in Darfur when   African leaders meet in New York this week, a presidential   adviser was quoted as saying on Monday.
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Sudan's government  agrees to the deployment of some 3,500 extra African troops in war-torn Darfur.
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ABUJA, Aug 29  -- The Sudanese government said here Sunday that it must approve any increase in the number of African Union troops to crisis-ridden Darfur above the 300 soldiers agreed last month with the AU.