U.N. Security Council demands better Darfur peacekeeping force


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Apr 2014

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday demanded improvements in the international peacekeeping force in Sudan's western Darfur region and called on Khartoum to improve cooperation with the mission in the remote, conflict-torn territory.

The 15-nation council's appeal came after U.N. and African Union officials sounded an alarm last week over the worsening violence in Darfur, which has led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people this year.

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