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UN divided on timing to end UN-AU peacekeeping in Darfur

by Edith M. Lederer
| December 8, 2020 10:06 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members affirmed their commitment to end the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s western Darfur region on Tuesday but were divided on the timing, with Russia and African nations calling for a Dec. 31 termination and several Western nations urging more time before an exit.

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