Groups threatening U.N. and U.S. interests in Sudan

Sudanese students demonstrate, reject U.N. troops07 Mar 2006 13:27:20 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Opheera McDoom and Jilan Sherif

KHARTOUM, March 7 (Reuters) - About 200 Sudanese students demonstrated on Tuesday urging the United Nations to leave their country and calling it a colonial force, days ahead of a decision to deploy U.N. troops to the violent Darfur region.

Tuesday's protest outside the U.S. embassy in Khartoum followed unconfirmed reports in a pro-government newspaper of new Islamist groups threatening U.N. and U.S. interests in Sudan, and rejecting the presence of any U.N. soldiers in Darfur. Full story >>>>