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11/08/2004:

"African Union seeks cash to send peacekeepers to Darfur"

ADDIS ABABA : The African Union is ready to send more peacekeeping troops to quell the deadly violence in Sudan's Darfur region but is prevented from doing so because it lacks the cash, according to officials at the AU headquarters.

"Several African countries continue to propose the sending of additional troops, but we lack the means," said Assane Ba, spokesman for the AU's conflict management center, Saturday.

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