KHARTOUM, Sudan, June 26 (UPI) -- Sudan announced that it is ready to take over security and peacekeeping duties in Darfur if the African Union forces pull out.
The announcement Monday further complicated the Darfur issue, constituting as it did another public rejection by Khartoum of a U.N. resolution calling for the deployment of international peacekeepers to replace African forces monitoring a cease-fire agreement between local militias and the Sudanese government in the war-torn province of western Sudan.
A Sudanese government spokesman said that at a meeting chaired by President Omar al-Bashir the cabinet renewed its refusal to relay the mission the African Union's mission in Darfur to the United Nations. Read more >>>
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