Chad says it will help U.N. Darfur peace moves
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad promised on Friday to back United Nations moves to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region by allowing international peacekeepers on its own soil, and even offered to host preliminary peace talks.
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Sudan hopes to reach a peace agreement to end fighting in its troubled Darfur region by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said on Monday.
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The leaders of Sudan and Chad said they agreed on Wednesday to redouble efforts to end violence spilling over their border from Darfur, scene of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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Chad assured humanitarian groups Wednesday that it would not hinder their efforts along the border with Darfur because of charges that a French group kidnapped children whom it falsely labeled orphans from the conflict.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a top aide to Sudan to press his case for bolstering an African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur with substantial U.N. resources, a spokesman said on Monday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he aimed to lay the foundations of lasting peace in violence-racked Darfur during a tour he will make next week of Sudan, Chad and Libya.
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N'DJAMENA  - The United Nations appealed for emergency funds for Chad to feed thousands of refugees from regional violence as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon arrived on Friday to pave the way for international peacekeepers.
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France has proposed opening a humanitarian corridor through Chad to bring relief to victims of the Darfur conflict, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said here late Monday.
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Sudan is optimistic that the U.N. Security Council will recognize its achievements in improving the humanitarian and security situation in troubled Darfur, Sudan's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Sudan and the United Nations have agreed on key elements of a joint African Union-U.N. peacekeeping force for Darfur, including that its commander will be African, a U.N. diplomat said Sunday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Sudan is optimistic that the  U.N. Security Council will recognize its achievements in  improving the humanitarian and security situation in troubled  Darfur, Sudan's foreign minister said Thursday.
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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 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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One of two vice presidents in Sudan's power-sharing government said in remarks published Saturday that he would accept the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in the country's war-torn Darfur region.
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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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The UN Security Council favors a rapid deployment of UN peacekeepers in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic to protect civilians caught in the spillover of fighting in Sudan's Darfur region, diplomats said Tuesday.
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A joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force could be in Sudan's Darfur region by October, depending on how quickly the two organizations are able to get troops and funds, a Sudanese diplomat said Wednesday.