U.N. resolution considers Darfur peace
A U.S.-British draft resolution introduced Thursday would transfer peacekeeping in Sudan’s conflict-wracked Darfur region from the African Union to a much larger U.N. force despite strong oppositon from Sudan. The financially strapped African Union has asked that it hand over peacekeeping to a more robust U.N. mission but Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has warned that Sudan’s army would fight any U.N. forces sent to Darfur. Full Story