"Our aim is not to finalize the role of the AU at the end of this year, but to encourage them to continue forward and to set a positive example," Magzoub Al-Khalifa Ahmed, an adviser to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, told a Khartoum press conference.
"They are able to solve the conflict in Africa," he said.
Al-Bashir, returning from the annual UN General Assembly session [in New York] stopped briefly in Cairo on Thursday and held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. There was no comment on what they discussed.
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“Violence will bring no victory. For the sake of the Darfur civilians, all parties to the conflict have to stop resorting to violence. This is the absolute priority.” - Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, 05 June 2009
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1 Comments:
Are there any north Africans among the AU peacekeeping force in Darfur? As I understand, Nigeria and Rwanda supplied the bulk of the troops.
I feel the lackluster attitude of the North African nations to the Darfur crisis is disgraceful to the AU Charter
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