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Article: Sudanese president agrees to allow African Union to send troops to protect civilians in violent Darfur region
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- July 8, 2004
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ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
07-08-2004
Dateline: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Soldiers will be sent to Sudan's violent Darfur region with a mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians from Arab militiamen _ and to use force, if necessary, to defend them from violence that has killed thousands, African leaders said Thursday.
The 53-member African Union won the concession to send 300 troops from Sudan's President Omar el-Bashir, who had argued that his security forces are capable of stabilizing Darfur, diplomats said on condition of anonymity.
African leaders, meeting at a summit this week, earlier pressed el-Bashir to halt airstrikes against civilians and ...