EU calls for Sudanese genocide probe

EU foreign ministers called for a UN investigation into whether atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region constitute genocide, highlighting growing impatience with the Sudanese government for failing to end the conflict.

British foreign secretary Jack Straw said today the 25 EU foreign ministers agreed to call on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to “establish a commission of inquiry into all alleged human rights abuses, including allegations of genocide.”