BRUSSELS, June 8 (UPI) -- France's demand the European Union coordinate aid to Darfur is disrupting relief efforts in western Sudan. | Gee, France stamping it's foot demanding to run things again. What are the odds of that happening? |
Canada, France, Germany and the United States have promised to help the African Union airlift more of the bloc's troops to the region, but are divided on the procedure. Washington and Ottawa want NATO to coordinate efforts, but France wants the EU to manage it, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. | "How are we supposed to get our cut if we can't manage the program?" |
The mission is due to start July 1.
The violence in Darfur pits government-backed Arab militia, or Janjaweed, against the local black population. More than 2 million people have been displaced and some 100,000 killed in violence Washington has called "genocide." The AU has about 2,600 troops in the region. | Chirac fiddles while Darfur burns |
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