NIGERIAN TROOPS ARRIVE: DARFUR
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Nigerian troops have begun arriving in Sudan to form part of an African Union (AU) force that will protect monitors observing a ceasefire between rebels and the Sudanese government.
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Sudan has accepted a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force of up to 23,000 troops and police for Darfur but some U.N. diplomats fear conditions may be attached.
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KHARTOUM, Oct 29  - Sudan has given a contingent of Nigerian troops in Darfur until Saturday to produce certificates proving they are not infected with the HIV virus or undergo screening, the official SUNA news agency reported Friday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  arrived in Sudan on Monday to lay the groundwork for a solution  to the Darfur conflict through talks and deployment of  thousands of peacekeepers.
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Forty-three Nigerian troops flew to Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region on Thursday, the first of thousands of soldiers being deployed to bolster a tiny African Union peacekeeping force.
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Ugandan soldiers landed in the Somali  capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the first African Union  peacekeepers to arrive in the city where the interim government  and its Ethiopian allies face almost daily guerrilla attacks.
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A contingent of 50 Nigerian soldiers arrived in Darfur yesterday aboard a US military plane, the first of 3,000 additional African Union
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EL FASHER, Sudan, Oct 30  -- Sixty-five Rwandan troops arrived in the the Darfur town of El Fasher as part of a growing African Union (AU) military mission charged with monitoring a shaky ceasefire in the troubled region of western Sudan, an AFP
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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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More peacekeepers are expected in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region on Thursday, as the bloodshed there goes on. Nigeria is sending about 50 troops to augment nearly 400 African Union soldiers already on the ground.
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Forty-seven Nigerian troops headed for Sudan&#39;s violence-racked Darfur region Thursday, the latest batch of soldiers being deployed to bolster an African Union peacekeeping force there.
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ABUJA, Nigeria Huge quantities of arms and ammunition have poured into Sudan&#39;s Darfur region in the past two weeks and the government is poised for a major military offensive, the African Union said Friday.
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Troops from Chad entered Sudan's Darfur region in pursuit of Chadian rebels Friday as the U.N. and humanitarian aid groups prepared to pull some workers out of a key border town, fearing an imminent battle.
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U.S. military aircraft flew 47 Nigerian troops to Darfur on Thursday, the first deployment of an expanded African Union mission that is expected to total 3,500 in the troubled Sudanese region.
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EL FASHER, Sudan  - Rwandan troops arrived in  Darfur Sunday as the first foreign force there, mandated to  protect observers monitoring a shaky cease-fire between the  Sudanese government and rebels in the remote western region.
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Peace talks on Sudan&#39;s war-torn Darfur region got under way Monday in Nigeria&#39;s capital, overshadowed by fighting between rebels and government forces in the vast desert area.
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The Sudanese government and rebels in the country&#39;s Darfur region have signed security and humanitarian agreements in Nigeria after two weeks of talks, the press officer for Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has said.