U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur unlikely
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The U.N. chief in Sudan said Thursday the government is unlikely to let U.N. peacekeepers in the country anytime soon, and the international community should instead push for the African Union force to remain in the war-torn region indefinitely.
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The United Nations Security Council is unlikely to impose heavy sanctions on Sudan, even if Khartoum fails to meet the body's demands to rein in marauding militiamen in Darfur, a senior British official said Friday.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - Sudan on Sunday said it rejected part of a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would give joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping troops the right to use force in their Darfur mission.
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A cease-fire in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region is not holding, with reports of an aerial bombardment and attacks by rebels, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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Sudan said it remained open to talks with the international community after UN chief Kofi Annan warned its leaders could be held to account over the rejection of UN peacekeepers for Darfur.
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The United Nations and the  African Union were close to a deal on Wednesday on fielding  23,000 peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s violent Darfur region, but full  deployment is not expected until next year at the earliest.
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UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force faced the first major challenge to its authority in Darfur, Sudan, this week, enduring more than 10 minutes of hostile fire from Sudanese forces without responding with a single shot.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's appeal for international troops to protect U.N. monitors during Iraq's elections next year is unlikely to get a reply from Europe before the U.S. elections, analysts and ...
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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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A cease-fire in Sudan's Darfur region  is not holding, with reports of an aerial bombardment and  attacks by rebels, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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A dispute over who is to command  the proposed 23,000-strong international peacekeeping force for  Darfur is holding up any deployment in the violence-torn  Sudanese region, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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Eritrea has ignored a U.N.  deadline to grant peacekeepers on its border with Ethiopia  access to badly needed fuel, but despite the shortfall, a U.N.  official said U.N. troops are reluctant to leave because they  fear war could erupt.
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ABU SHOUK CAMP, Sudan  - Darfuris who have waited almost five years in miserable camps have high expectations for a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force due to deploy by the end of the year.
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The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Thursday that would give the United Nations authority over peacekeepers in Darfur as soon as Sudan's government gives its consent &#151; which it has so far refused to do.
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A disagreement over which countries will take part may delay the deployment of up to 10,000 U.N. peacekeepers to southern Sudan, U.N. and former rebel sources said on Friday.
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Not enough countries have  contributed to the peacekeeping force in Darfur and the African  Union is blocking some of those who have, diplomats said on the  eve of a high-level meeting on Sudan on Friday.
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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.