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Darfur war spreads
Chad, Central African Republic hit

Sudan raises objections to UN help
Nov. 18, 2006. 01:00 AM
OPHEERA MCDOOM
REUTERS NEWS AGENCY


KHARTOUM—The Darfur conflict escalated into neighbouring countries yesterday even as Sudan for the first time accepted the principle of allowing UN troops to help end one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

U.S. and British leaders hailed a "breakthrough" agreement brokered by outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, but Khartoum was still raising objections both to the size of a peacekeeping force and any UN sharing of command with African troops.

Shortly after Annan declared the outcome of a high-level meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Chad announced plans to send troops to help Central African Republic confront cross-border rebels in what it said was a spreading regional war waged by Sudan.

The announcement signalled an escalation of the Darfur conflict, which has spilled an explosive mixture of refugees, rebels, militia and bandits over Sudan's western borders into Chad and Central African Republic.

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