Sudan expects to meet deadline to rein in militias

SUDAN yesterday said it expected to meet a UN deadline in three weeks’ time for it to improve security and human rights in its troubled Darfur region.

The United Nations has threatened to consider sanctions unless Sudan proves it is serious about disarming Arab militias in Darfur, where fighting has displaced around a million people.

"We have a shortage of time but we think we can do it," Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail told reporters in Cairo.