West ups calls on Sudan to accept Darfur troops
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The United States and the European Union stepped up calls on Friday for Sudan to let international troops in to support African Union forces in Darfur amid growing talk of sanctions on Khartoum.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on Khartoum to comply with UN demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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UNITED NATIONS &#151; Sudan insisted Friday that African countries have offered enough troops for a peacekeeping force in Darfur despite U.N. concerns that the mission will not be effective without specialized contributions from outside the continent.
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The European Union pressed Sudan on  Friday to accept a 20,000-strong U.N. peace operation in  Darfur, warning a security vacuum there could lead to a  humanitarian crisis reminiscent of the Rwanda genocide.
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The Security Council on Friday weighed a report on a planned UN-African Union (AU) joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur, including a call on Khartoum to allow a mobile force of up to 23,000 troops and police in the war-torn 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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Sudan faced mounting pressure Thursday to allow a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur or risk sanctions amid calls for Khartoum to hand over two officials wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.
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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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UN chief Ban Ki-moon urgently appealled to member states Thursday to make military contributions to the crucial, joint UN-African Union peacekeeping operation in Sudan&#39;s strife-torn Darfur region.
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The US has provided airlifts and pledged $300 million to support African troops in west Sudan. By Abraham McLaughlin - staff writer and Duncan Woodside - contributor.
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A top African Union official said Wednesday the 53-nation group is ready to move thousands of troops to Sudan's western region of Darfur within days if it gets logistical support from Western nations and the United Nations "especially."
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov. 17 -- A top Sudanese official on Friday signaled that his government would accept U.N. troops as part of an African-led peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western region of Darfur, but perhaps not as many as Western nations have sought under an agreement aimed at ending the...
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ABUJA, Aug 29  -- The Sudanese government said here Sunday that it must approve any increase in the number of African Union troops to crisis-ridden Darfur above the 300 soldiers agreed last month with the AU.
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Rwanda's pledge of troops to protect civilians in Darfur should encourage other countries to press Sudan to accept more African Union troops to stop the killing there, Human Rights Watch said.
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Khartoum agreed with the African Union which sponsors the peace talks between the rebels in Darfur, west Sudan and the central government to deploy 3500 soldiers and 800 policemen that belong to the union in the district.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The Sudanese government faced intense Western and African Union pressure to accept additional observers and soldiers in the Darfur region, as Foreign Secretary Jack Straw of Britain flew to Sudan yesterday to urge the country to do more to disarm marauding militias.
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The United States and Denmark sought  on Friday to increase world pressure on Sudan to accept U.N.  peacekeepers in war-torn Darfur, warning that time was running  out as Khartoum launched a new offensive there.