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Khartoum approves UN-AU team

SEEKING PEACE The Sudanese government gave the go-ahead to a joint mission that will look into bolstering the AU force in Darfur with UN peacekeeping soldiers

AFP , KHARTOUM

Akol echoed his remarks, saying that "any international forces, if agreed upon, will be for monitoring the implementation of the Darfur peace agreement."

Three years of war in the province between rebels and Khartoum backed by their proxy militias have claimed an estimated 300,000 lives and displaced around 2.4 million people.

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