Bush warns of sanctions over Darfur

President George W Bush said today that the United States will tighten economic sanctions on Sudan and impose new punishments if it fails to take concrete action to stop the bloodshed in Darfur.

President Bush said Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must follow through on the deployment of the UN support forces, allow the deployment of the full UN-African Union peacekeeping force and take every necessary step to facilitate its deployment.