ADDIS ABABA, May 25 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) is seeking $460 million to more than triple its peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region, a senior AU official said on Wednesday.
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The AU has deployed about 2,300 troops to monitor a shaky ceasefire in Darfur in Sudan's west, with international financial backing to pay for the mission.
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Said Djinnit, chairman of the AU's Peace and Security Council, said the AU may also consider bringing the force up to 12,000 by September, which would cost an additional $240 million. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25351742.htmIn comparison to the billions being sunk into Iraq, $50 million or $100 million towards averting a genocide would be chump change for the U.S. government. Contact your elected officials and demand they do somthing about this. 180,000 people have already died in the last couple of years. By doing nothing we disrespect survivors of past atrocities who have vowed "never again".
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