African Union Troops Receive an Ultimatum
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Sudan gave African Union troops a one-week ultimatum to accept a deal blocking a proposed U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur or leave the war-torn region, a step that would probably worsen the humanitarian disaster there.
The deadline escalates the Khartoum regime’s standoff with the United Nations over Darfur to a crisis point, pitting Sudanese determination to resist possible war crimes investigations against a U.N. push to take on a new, tough peacekeeping mission.
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