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UN peacekeepers won't leave key Darfur town
The UN chief says peacekeepers will not leave a town in southern Darfur as Sudan has requested because it wants to rout rebels who seized the town in mid-January.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says peacekeepers will not leave Muhajeria to allow Sudanese soldiers to take the town back from the Justice and Equality Movement rebel group. Ban was speaking to journalists on Monday. Sudan made the request to the UN-African Union force on Sunday. Sudan has regularly challenged the UN's presence in the country. UN and African Union officials say they are building the peacekeeping force in Darfur and plan to have it reach its full capacity of 26,000 soldiers and policemen by June. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-03 |
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