Call for UN intervention - with or without Sudan's consent

AU to pull out of Darfur 30 Sept: Aegis calls for UN intervention - with or without Sudan's consent
7 July 06 - Because World leaders cannot make a decision on Darfur, the little protection there is for civilians in this western region of Sudan will be gone in three months.

Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, Head of the African Union Mission in Darfur, confirmed yesterday that contrary to widespread media reports, the AU will pull its troops out of Darfur on 30 September unless Sudan gives its consent for a transition to a UN force.

"The African Union Peace and Security Council did take a decision that the mandate of the African Union forces would be ended on the 30th of September,” he stated in a speech at the Royal United Services Institute, London. “There is no change to that date.” Read more >>>