Rwandan Peacekeepers Arrive in Darfur
From Times Wire Reports
Sixty-five Rwandan soldiers arrived in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region aboard two U.S. Air Force transport planes to beef up a tiny African Union contingent seeking to stabilize the area.
Union monitors are keeping tabs on a shaky April 4 cease-fire agreement.
The United Nations has called Darfur the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, saying the conflict there has claimed at least 70,000 lives since March and 1.5 million people have fled their homes since February 2003.
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