Security Council OKs 10,700 troops for Sudan

[ECH1969]

UNITED NATIONS -- After weeks of negotiations, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to send 10,700 peacekeepers to Sudan to monitor an accord to end the 21-year-old civil war between the government and southern rebels.

The Security Council hopes the move will not only create lasting peace in southern Sudan but also help end the current violence in the country's western Darfur region, where the number of dead from a conflict between government-backed militias and rebels is estimated at 180,000.

The U.S.-backed resolution asks that the new mission work with an African Union peace mission in Sudan "with a view toward expeditiously reinforcing the effort to foster peace in Darfur."

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[RaleighNCDUer]

1. About frikin' time. n/t

[Kagemusha]

2. Uh we might need them to maintain order in Florida.

Why send them to Sudan?