KÃ¶hler: African Union Slow in Darfur
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German President Horst KÃ¶hler on Wednesday regretted that the African Union-led mission was slow to intervene in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur province, where a nearly two-year-old conflict has caused untold suffering.
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ABUJA, Sept 13  - Slow-moving African Union-brokered peace talks for Sudan&#39;s Darfur region have been complicated by last week&#39;s declaration by the United States that Khartoum and allied militia are committing genocide there.
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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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Sudan&#39;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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A UN Security Council team and African Union officials on Saturday discussed the speedy deployment of a hybrid force in Darfur following Khartoum&#39;s long-awaited nod for the peacekeepers.
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EL FASHER, Sudan, Oct 30  -- Sixty-five Rwandan troops arrived in the the Darfur town of El Fasher as part of a growing African Union (AU) military mission charged with monitoring a shaky ceasefire in the troubled region of western Sudan, an AFP
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UNITED NATIONS -- The African Union announced yesterday it would extend the stay of its underfinanced force in Sudan's Darfur region until the end of the year, heading off an immediate worsening of the crisis.
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The African Union (AU) was in a desperate move to put back on track peace negotiations on the crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur stalled by the withdrawal of rebel delegations, mediators said.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The people of Darfur won't be totally left to their own devices amid marauding militias and the Sudanese government's bombing campaign, now that the mandate of the African Union force - originally set to expire next week - has been extended through the end of the year.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - African Union (AU) monitors of  a shaky cease-fire in Sudan's remote Darfur region should have  an expanded mandate but stop short of peacekeeping, a United  Nations official in Sudan said Wednesday.
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The African Union (AU) on Saturday  said the situation in Sudan's troubled Darfur region was  worsening due to the return of re-armed Janjaweed militia and  Khartoum's resolve to use military force.
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While the situation in the violence-torn Darfur region of Sudan becomes even more desperate for its residents, the parties with the power to ease this humanitarian crisis are making precious little progress.
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KHARTOUM : Violence and human rights abuses in Sudan&#39;s conflict-torn Darfur region have diminished, but both Khartoum and the two rebel groups have to work harder to bring peace, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers said.
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TWO-week-old peace talks on Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region have deadlocked, one mediator said today. The African Union&#39;s chief personally appealed to both Sudan&#39;s government and Darfur&#39;s rebels to move closer to compromise.
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African Union mediators sought to break the deadlock at peace talks for Sudan's Darfur region, after negotiations bogged down over differences on security and disarmament between Khartoum and two rebel groups.
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UNITED NATIONS, June 2 -- The African Union has objected to a proposed joint A.U.-U.N. peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because the United Nations would be in command, U.N. diplomats said.
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Security Council members voiced mounting frustration Tuesday at Sudan's perceived foot-dragging over UN plans for joint African Union-UN peacekeeping in strife-torn Darfur.