The United Nations and the African Union were close to a deal on Wednesday on fielding 23,000 peacekeepers in Sudan’s violent Darfur region, but full deployment is not expected until next year at the earliest. The so-called “hybrid” U.N.-A.U. force is the culmination of two earlier stages allowing the United Nations to bolster 7,000 beleaguered African Union troops. Full Story
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