EU force deploys to Darfur neighbors
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The European Union resumed deployment Tuesday of a much-awaited peacekeeping force for two countries neighboring Sudan's troubled Darfur region, a military official said.
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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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The African Union plans to send more   troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended Darfur peacekeeping   mission, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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The European Union took the first step  on Monday towards sending forces to Chad and the Central  African Republican to help the United Nations protect refugees  trapped in the violent region bordering Darfur.
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The European Union is likely to announce a contribution of more than 100 million euros to an African Union force in Darfur, amid calls for extra AU soldiers to be deployed in Sudan's troubled region.
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The UN special envoy to Sudan has welcomed an African Union announcement that it will begin deploying armed peacekeepers to Darfur on Sunday.
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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Saturday the European Union and its member states would contribute more than &#36;100 million to an African Union (AU) force in Sudan's troubled Darfur 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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Thousands of African troops were preparing for deployment in Darfur yesterday after Sudan agreed a 10-fold expansion of the African Union force in the region.
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EU foreign ministers approve a peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic.
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Nigeria sent over 100 troops to Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region on Monday, its contribution to a joint force with Rwanda protecting African Union cease-fire observers.
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Germany will provide air transport support for an African Union mission being deployed to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, the government said Wednesday.
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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 European Union took the first step on Monday towards sending forces to Chad and the Central African Republican to help the United Nations protect refugees trapped in the violent region bordering Darfur.
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Canadian and European Union leaders welcomed the African Union's decision to increase seven-fold its monitoring force in Sudan's Darfur region, and pledged to support the effort.
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The European Union said Friday it had postponed the deployment of a peacekeeping force to protect Darfur refugees because of an upsurge of rebel activity in neighboring Chad.
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The United Nations' special envoy for Sudan appealed Wednesday for European logistical help in urgently deploying thousands of African peacekeepers to Darfur, where months of conflict has killed more than 50,000 people and uprooted a million more.