EU to pick up half AU&#39;s Darfur tab
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The European Union has announced it will pay for more than half of the African Union&#39;s peacekeeping force in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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The African Union's peace and   security council is expected to extend the mandate of its   underfinanced force in Darfur on Wednesday until the end of the   year, diplomats said.
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The European Union could impose sanctions against Sudan for failing to take adequate steps to disarm pro-government militias, the bloc&#39;s foreign ministers were set to announce on Monday.
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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 Security Council authorized on Tuesday a European Union force and U.N. police to help protect civilians in Chad and the Central African Republic caught in the spillover from the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - A joint United Nations-African Union (AU) force took charge of peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday, seeking to end almost five years of fighting in the western Sudanese region.
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UN and African Union officials will travel to Darfur this week to try to convince key rebel leaders to join peace talks aimed at resolving the crisis in the Sudanese province, the AU said Monday.
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The African Union plans to send more  troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended peacekeeping  mission in war-ravaged Darfur, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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NAIROBI, - The European Union (EU) has welcomed last week&#39;s adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution that warns Sudan of punitive measures, including sanctions, if it failed to protect civilians in the strife-torn western region of
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Officials said the European Union will provide up to $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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European Union funding for an African peacekeeping force in Darfur has run out, and the United States and Arab League should help cover the costs until a replacement force arrives, the EU's aid chief said on Friday.
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The African Union on Wednesday agreed to beef up its peacekeeping force in Sudan's western Darfur region and send hundreds of civilian police officers in an effort to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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EU leaders call on Sudanese government, other parties to meet demands set out by international community. BRUSSELS - European leaders expressed &quot;grave concern&quot; about the deteriorating plight of Sudan&#39;s Darfur
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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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The African Union will not abandon  Darfur but it needs more international support if it is to  continue its peacekeeping mission, the AU commission chairman  said in a meeting with European Union leaders on Monday.
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The European Union is to draw up plans for a force to go to countries neighbouring Sudan's Darfur region.
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KHARTOUM, Oct 24, 2004 (SUNA) -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mustafa Osman Ismail, has hailed the efforts being exerted by the European Union in Sudan, particularly in the fields of humanitarian aid in Darfur region.