Scandinavian units were refused entry by Khartoum and a Thai battalion is ready but still waiting for permission to deploy.
Mutrif Siddig, a senior Sudanese Foreign Ministry official, said on Sunday that the force had commitments for twice the number of African soldiers needed so that a majority of the troops would be from Africa.
"Now we have 10,000 [troops] already there [in Darfur] and we have in addition two units from Egypt and Ethiopia ready ... other African countries have offered 18 battalions," Siddig said. "That is double the number we need."
Siddig said Sudan would look to East Asian countries if the force needed additional troops.
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