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African Troop Airlift
 A U.S. Air Force C-130 departed Abuja, Nigeria Oct. 28 with approximately 40 Nigerian troops and 3,000 pounds of equipment for the El-Fashir airstrip in Sudan's Darfur region marking the beginning of the airlift mission of African Union protection forces to the troubled region. Also White House Statement]
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| | | Highlights |  Peace Efforts in Sudan
Led by Ambassador John Danforth, the UN Security Council convened in a highly symbolic step in neighbouring Kenya and receiving pledges from the parties.
Deputy Spokesman Ereli (Nov. 19): "The United States welcomes the signing of a declaration between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, and the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1574." [full text; DSL/Cable; dial-up; audio] [Read press statement]
Uganda: North Uganda and the LRA
The U.S. is greatly concerned by the on-going humanitarian crisis in northern Uganda which is resulting from the actions of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
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Secretary Powell (Nov.5): "We've undertaken critical efforts in Africa to do what we could about the regional conflicts that afflict that country, supporting peacekeeping efforts in the DRC and Cote D'Ivoire... getting a breakthrough in the discussions between the north and the south in the Sudan ...showing leadership with respect to the crisis in Darfur, mobilizing the international community to provide the assistance that the desperate people of Darfur require." [full text]
![Assistant Secretary Holmes at the Uruguayan riverine MONUC contingent in Kindu [State Department photo].](https://web.archive.org/all/20041201092245im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/holmes_riverine_1401.jpg) UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
Assistant Secretary of State Kim Holmes visited the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) October 24-28, 2004. The peacekeeping operation was established by the UN Security Council in late 1999 and currently has over 10,000 peacekeepers.
Cote d'Ivoire Attacks
The U.S. condemns the aerial attacks in and around the city of Bouaké carried out by Government of Cote d'Ivoire aircraft. |
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