AU summit opens with debates on Darfur
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Plans to deploy a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force to Sudan's violence-plagued Darfur region could still be derailed by a dearth in funding and political will, the chairman of the African Union warned Sunday.
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Darfur peace talks have kicked off four days late in Nigeria amid mounting international concerns of a resurgence of fighting in the remote Sudan region.
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An African mini summit on the Darfur issue, which brought together leaders from Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria and Chad, opens in Tripoli, capital of Libya, Oct. 17, 2004.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region dominated the African Union summit yesterday, undermining Sudan's bid to lead the bloc as the UN chief said scorched-earth military policies are "a terrifying feature of life" in the vast, arid area.
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African leaders were sitting down to their first full day of summit talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja, with the conflicts in the Sudanese region of Darfur and in Ivory Coast at the top of their agenda.
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French President Jacques Chirac has opened a French-African summit with a call for Sudan to accept an international peacekeeping force in war-torn western Darfur region.Comment
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Leaders of the African Union began a three-day summit here Sunday focused on plans to forge a confederation of states with an acknowledgement the continent&#39;s current system of governance had to improve.
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The African Union has set an ambitious agenda for a political solution to the two-year-old Darfur conflict at the opening of peace talks in Nigeria, but says continued fighting is poisoning the atmosphere.
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Several African leaders are gathering in Libya to try to find a solution to the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.
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African Union-sponsored talks between rebels from Sudan's Darfur region and government officials from Khartoum resumed, expected to focus on the key issue of restoring security in the war-torn area.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Darfur peace talks kicked off  four days late in Nigeria Monday amid mounting international  concerns of a resurgence of fighting in the remote Sudan  region.
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.Comment
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Leadership deflects pressure aimed at ending Darfur 'genocide.' Talks will resume this month.
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United Nations and African Union envoys arrive in Sudan to re-energise the peace process for Darfur.
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Envoys from the United Nations and African Union began a mission to revive peace talks in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur amid fresh reports of violence.
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The African Union and the United Nations will chair talks in Libya to seek a "road map" for peace in Darfur.
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon  - Three of Africa's big crises  -- strife in Ivory Coast, fighting in Congo and the  humanitarian emergency in Sudan's Darfur -- provide a daunting  agenda for an African Union summit that began Monday in Gabon.