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African churches want UN troops in Darfur: All Africa Conference of Churches statement

Following the signing in Nigeria of a peace agreement between Sudan’s government and Darfur’s biggest rebel group, Africa’s largest grouping of churches urged that UN peacekeepers step in for duties now carried out by African Union (AU) troops.

“It is our fervent prayer that efforts will continue to get the remaining rebel groups on board with the peace plans to ensure a lasting peace to the three-year conflict,” the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) said in a May 8 statement after the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the government signed the agreement.