Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterSecurity Council extends mandate of UN-AU force in Darfur (AFP/HO/File)
Published 8/1/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AFP/HO/File - The UN Security Council has renewed the mandate of UN-African Union troops in Darfur, despite an abstention from United States over a call to defer indictment of Sudan's president for genocide.
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