U.N. council says Sudan must heed court on Darfur

Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:43pm EDT
 
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Only about 9,000 troops and police out of a planned 26,000 U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force have been deployed in Darfur, partly due to Sudan's insistence that most of them be from African countries.

International experts say at least 200,000 people have died in Darfur and 2.5 million been displaced since a rebellion erupted in 2003. Khartoum says 10,000 people have been killed.

(Editing by Bill Trott)

 

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