Rwanda Troops Airlifted to Start AU Mission in Darfur
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Rwandan troops were airlifted on Sunday  to Sudan's Darfur as the first foreign force there, mandated to  protect observers monitoring a cease-fire between the Sudanese  government and rebels in the troubled western region.
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Thirty U.S. Air Force members from Europe arrived Thursday in Kigali, Rwanda, to prepare for a two-week airlift mission of Rwandan peacekeepers to the Darfur region of Sudan.
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The African Union transferred authority Monday to a new joint peacekeeping force with the United Nations in Darfur that the international community hopes will stem the violence in Sudan's war-torn western region
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force was poised to take over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which has struggled to stem nearly five years of violence in the western Sudanese region.
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which has struggled to stem nearly five years of brutal conflict in the western Sudanese region.
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The United States and other nations are prepared to help move an expanded African peacekeeping force into position in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region to halt the bloodshed, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.
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JUBA, Sudan  - U.N. officials in Sudan are planning the first major airlift to help tens of thousands of south Sudanese return home after years of conflict.
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The new United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur in Sudan is due to start its operations on Monday.
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GOMA, DR Congo  - President Paul Kagame confirmed that Rwandan troops will launch an operation in pursuit of Rwandan Hutu rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as UN troops spotted about 100 soldiers in the explosive region.
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KINSHASA, Congo  - UN air and ground patrols have photographed freshly occupied encampments and unidentified well-equipped troops in east Congo, UN officials said Thursday, bolstering suspicions that Rwanda is making good on its threat to send troops into its larger, weaker neighbour.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The African Union said yesterday it will send more peacekeeping troops to Sudan's Darfur region and toughen the soldiers' role in protecting civilians while the international community pressures the Sudanese government to allow a UN military force.
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More African Union troops from Rwanda have deployed in western Sudan to help monitor a cease-fire in the region. Rwandan military officials say 100 soldiers arrived Sunday in the North Darfur capital
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A 150-strong company of Nigerian troops will set off for the western Sudanese region of Darfur on Monday to join an African Union force protecting ceasefire monitors, Nigerian and AU officials said Saturday.
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Rwandan troops arrived in Sudan&#39;s remote Darfur region on Saturday to join soldiers monitoring a shaky cease-fire there, officials said.
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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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Rwandan forces arrived in the Sudanese western region of Darfur on Saturday to join Nigerian troops in monitoring a shaky cease-fire in the war-torn region, officials said.
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A joint United Nations-African  Union (AU) force took charge of peacekeeping in Darfur on  Monday, seeking to end almost five years of fighting in the  western Sudanese region.