The UN Security Council renews the mandate of the peacekeeping multi-units force in the erupted Sudanese region of Darfur. The renewal issued for another year, after resolving a last-minute disputes between members.
The decision had been complicated by the International Criminal Court's move to indict Sudanese President Omer Bashir of crimes in the region, BBC says. (This is nonsense! Read the analyses in the African Journal here)
The resolution notes an African Union request for the Council to postpone the ICC's work but does no more than that. Fourteen of the Council's fifteen members voted in favour but the US abstained, the BBC said.
Friday, August 01, 2008
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