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 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Sudan's president rejected a proposal Thursday to send U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur to boost a beleaguered 7,000-member African Union force, crushing hopes for a quick solution to the violence spreading across central Africa.
Sudan, the U.N. and the AU earlier agreed to a hybrid mission. But there was confusion over the details, with some Sudanese officials saying they only want U.N. support in the form of finance and logistics, not the replacement U.N. troops foreseen in a Security Council resolution.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, speaking after a closed-door AU summit, rebuffed African leaders advocating a compromise proposal for an expanded peacekeeping mission that would include blue-helmeted U.N. soldiers inside Darfur.
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