Sudan agrees to bigger AU force in Darfur but nothing signed
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The African Union confirmed that Sudan's government has &quot;formally accepted the reinforcement of the AU force&quot; in Darfur, the western region in the grip of civil war, but denied that any accord had been signed.
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The African Union transferred authority Monday to a new joint peacekeeping force with the United Nations in Darfur that the international community hopes will stem the violence in Sudan's war-torn western region.
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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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A new joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which failed to stem nearly five years of conflict in western Sudan.
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Sudan agreed on Tuesday to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police to be deployed in its troubled Darfur region after months of intense diplomacy.
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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.
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The African Union will add 4,000   troops to its extended Darfur peacekeeping mission, bringing   the number of police and soldiers in western Sudan to 11,000, a   spokesman for the AU said on Monday.
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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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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.
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Sudan backed a plan to keep African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Darfur amid a flurry of intense diplomatic activity here to end the bloodshed in the Sudanese western region.
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Sudan has still not agreed to non-African troops or unrestricted night flights for the new 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur that is expected to take over on Jan. 1, a senior U.N. official said Thursday.
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Sudan and the joint U.N.-African Union  peacekeeping force have agreed the terms under which the  26,000-strong force will deploy in western Darfur, officials  said on Monday, removing a major barrier to its operations.
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The African Union has objected to a proposal for a 23,000-strong AU-U.N. force to help end the bloodshed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because it would give the United Nations command and control, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
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The U.N. Security Council is expected to authorize up to 26,000 troops and police for Darfur but implementation will take months providing the world body finds enough personnel and Sudan cooperates.
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The African Union (AU) has decided to expand the number of African mission in Sudan&#39;s Darfur to assist more effectively in the restoration of peace and security in the region, said an AU communique here on Thursday.
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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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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.