Sudan warns against U.N. forces
Official says violence will spread if African Union force replaced
Thursday, March 9, 2006 Posted: 0415 GMT (1215 HKT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Sudanese have marched through Khartoum, protesting plans to deploy U.N. peacekeepers in conflict-torn Darfur and demanding the expulsion of the top U.N. and U.S. envoys in the country.
The Sudanese government also increased its opposition to the deployment, with a top official warning on Wednesday that violence will only increase if U.N. troops move in to replace African Union peacekeepers.
"If the U.N arrives the troubles will spread in the region," Mohamed Elsamani, Sudan's minister of state for foreign affairs, said in Nairobi.
(Watch Sudan frown on the idea of U.N. peacekeepers -- http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/world/2006/03/08/clancy.sudan.dafur.debate.affl)
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/08/sudan.darfur.ap/index.html
Thursday, March 9, 2006 Posted: 0415 GMT (1215 HKT)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Sudanese have marched through Khartoum, protesting plans to deploy U.N. peacekeepers in conflict-torn Darfur and demanding the expulsion of the top U.N. and U.S. envoys in the country.
The Sudanese government also increased its opposition to the deployment, with a top official warning on Wednesday that violence will only increase if U.N. troops move in to replace African Union peacekeepers.
"If the U.N arrives the troubles will spread in the region," Mohamed Elsamani, Sudan's minister of state for foreign affairs, said in Nairobi.
(Watch Sudan frown on the idea of U.N. peacekeepers -- http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/world/2006/03/08/clancy.sudan.dafur.debate.affl)
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/08/sudan.darfur.ap/index.html
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