Army fired on U.N. convoy, officials admit
Sudan acknowledged that its troops shot at a United Nations convoy in Darfur, reversing an initial denial, but officials in Khartoum said the peacekeepers should have notified the government of their movements.
The United Nations has rejected government demands that the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeepers provide notice of their movements and not move at night. U.N. officials have accused Sudan of trying to restrict the force or delay its full deployment with bureaucratic obstacles.
The attack Monday night in Darfur damaged an armored personnel carrier, destroyed a fuel tanker truck and severely injured a Sudanese driver.
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