Ahern ‘must push for UN troops in Darfur’

THE Government is being urged to use its influence to push for UN peacekeeping troops in Sudan’s stricken Darfur region.

GOAL’s John O’Shea made the plea after a UN Security Council deadline imposed on the Sudanese government passed on Monday. Aid agencies and UN officials in Darfur are adamant the authorities have failed to stop violence by Government-sponsored militias.

The UN will now decide tomorrow what form of action - if any - to take.