A defiant Sudan gives African force ultimatum
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan gave African Union troops a one-week ultimatum yesterday to accept a deal blocking a proposed UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, or else leave the war-torn region, a step that would probably worsen the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
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The United States put pressure on African nations on Thursday to offer troops for a joint U.N./African Union force in Darfur where violence is rising and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating.
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Sudan&#39;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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EL FASHER, Sudan, Sept. 17 -- As the African Union prepares to abandon its troubled peace mission to Darfur, the region is descending ever more steeply into war.
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SUDANESE troops launched air strikes against a Darfur village, contrary to reports Khartoum was withdrawing its forces from the region to meet an African Union ceasefire deadline, an AU spokesman said today.
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TONY Blair will today deliver an ultimatum to warlords in Sudan as he visits the conflict-ridden African country. In talks in Khartoum he will tell the Sudanese government they need to do more to stop the fighting in Darfur which has claimed 50,000 lives.
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The African Union says Sudan&#39;s government is starting to withdraw troops from Darfur, heeding an AU demand to end fighting by Saturday.
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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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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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South Africa's government gives striking public sector workers an ultimatum to accept their pay offer.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The government yesterday scorned Western threats to use sanctions and no-fly zones to pressure Sudan into accepting UN peacekeepers in Darfur, saying harsh measures would not end the violence there.
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A Somali Islamist group threatened on Tuesday to fight any peacekeeping troops sent to their country as African leaders struggled to put together an international force for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.
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The United Nations has issued the Arab-led government of Sudan a stark ultimatum: show evidence of improved security for the black African tribes of the vast western region
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The Sudanese government has carried out an offensive in the western region of Darfur and appears to be preparing further military action despite promises to respect a truce, the commander of the African Union observer force in Darfur warned.
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The Sudanese Government has launched an offensive in the western region of Darfur and appears to be preparing further military action despite promises to respect a truce, the commander of the African Union (AU) observer force said.
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Khartoum has asked African Union peacekeepers to leave Darfur by the end of the month in a new act of defiance, as its forces engaged in renewed fighting that threatened to plunge the battered region into fresh chaos.
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The African Union vowed Wednesday it would not be deterred from sending troops to Somalia, despite a call by a firebrand Somali Islamist commander for an uprising against them.