AU Issues Deadline to Khartoum and Darfur Rebels
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The African Union issued a 24-hour  deadline to the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels on Friday  to end fighting after a massive military build-up in the region  over the last two weeks.
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ABUJA, Dec 18  -- Sudanese government troops have not yet began to withdraw from positions seized in a recent offensive against rebels in the Darfur region as demanded in an African Union ultimatum, a senior AU diplomat told AFP on Saturday.
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Bugged by pressure both from the African Union (AU) and the international community, the Sudanese government has announced its readiness to withdraw its troops fromthe troubled Darfur region.
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African Union (AU) mediators were trying hard to save the Darfur peace talks from collapsing Sunday after the Sudanese government announced its agreement to unconditioned halt of its military operations in the Darfur region.
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Sudan's government kept up attacks on rebels in Darfur on Saturday, defying a deadline set by African Union mediators for an end to active hostilities, AU officials said.
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AL-FASHER, Sudan  - Sudan, awaiting word on whether it will be sanctioned by the international community, hopes for a "reasonable decision" from the UN Security Council, the foreign minister said Monday, the UN-imposed deadline for quelling violence in its western Darfur provinces.
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The African Union gives the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels until 1700 GMT on Sunday to stop fighting.
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ABUJA : Sudan will ignore a UN Security Council deadline to end militia attacks in Darfur by the end of the month and instead resolve the crisis through African Union peace talks, Khartoum&#39;s chief negotiator said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - The Sudanese government has  failed to comply with a deadline to stop fighting in Darfur, an  African Union spokesman said Sunday, describing fresh  helicopter strikes against a village in South Darfur state.
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Sudan's government and Darfur rebels said on Thursday they were waiting for African Union mediators to decide if peace talks would continue despite a stalemate on security in the western Sudanese region.
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Battles continued Saturday in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, as a deadline set by the African Union (AU) for an end to hostilities expired, AU officials said.
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Sudan will allow African Union troops   to remain in its turbulent Darfur region but only if their AU   mandate was extended beyond September 30 and not as part of a   U.N. force, a presidential advisor said on Monday.
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In disregard of looming UN Aug. 30 deadline to end fighting in the western Darfur region, the Sudanese government seeks to restore order there through the African Union (AU)-brokered peace talks with the rebel
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BRUSSELS, Aug 24 (IPS) - The European Union is beginning to take action over  the human rights crisis in Darfur ahead of the Aug. 29 United  Nations deadline to the Sudanese government.
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The Sudanese government and rebel leaders need to be pushed to find a solution to the bloody conflict in Darfur, African foreign ministers said on Sunday ahead of a summit on the crisis.
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With time running out for Sudan to meet a UN deadline for assuring the safety of the civilian population in the war-torn province of Darfur, the Khartoum government is seeking help from quarters as far apart as Libya and Nigeria.
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The African Union said Saturday that Sudan had started withdrawing troops in the Darfur region ahead of an evening deadline to end fighting there, but the government