Jul 15
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UN pulls back staff from Darfur
BBC
The United Nations is pulling back some non-essential staff deployed in Sudan’s restive Darfur region.
It says the decision comes after recent violence and as a precaution after an international prosecutor accused Sudan’s president of genocide.
Judges at the International Criminal Court have still to decide if there are reasonable grounds to issue an arrest warrant against Omar al-Bashir.
Mr Bashir is quoted by Reuters as saying the accusations are lies.
On 8 July, seven Unamid peacekeepers were killed and 22 injured, seven critically, when they were attacked by heavily armed militia in northern Darfur.
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