African Union to extend Darfur peacekeeping mission

The African Union will extend the mandate of peacekeeping forces in Darfur to the end of the year, ensuring that international troops remain in the war-torn Sudanese province for now.

The United Nations will provide material and logistic support to the mission, though Sudan is still resisting demands that the UN take over the mission from the AU, said Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore, head of the AU Peace and Security Council.