African Union set to aid Darfur
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The African Union agreed yesterday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police to monitor efforts to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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UNITED NATIONS: The African Union will determine in early October whether it can mobilise a force of 3000 to 5000 to help stop atrocities in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said today.
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Sudan's president expressed hope that negotiations under way in Ethiopia will lead to agreement on a joint United Nations-African Union force to help end the four-year conflict in Darfur.
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The European Union and its member  states will contribute more than $100 million to an African  Union (AU) force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, EU foreign  policy chief Javier Solana said on Saturday.
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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 foreign ministers meet in New York on Monday, a  presidential adviser said.
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Officials said the European Union will provide up to &#36;125 million to back African peacekeepers in Darfur, as the United Nations warned Friday that crucial relief convoys are in danger.
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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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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 said on   Wednesday it would extend its underfinanced force in Sudan's   Darfur region until the end of this year after receiving   promises of support from the United Nations and Arab states.
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THE African Union will today bring Sudan&#39;s warring government and rebel armies into talks with regional powerbrokers to try to avert a mounting humanitarian crisis in Darfur province.
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The African Union agreed Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police to monitor efforts to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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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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Sudan will take the lead in restoring order to its rebellious Darfur region but needs the support of African peacekeepers and humanitarian aid, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said.
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Sudan&#39;s government says it will accept a larger African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur as long as the troops are used to contain and demobilize rebel forces.
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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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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.