Africa urges Sudan to disarm militias, sees no genocide

African leaders under  pressure to intervene in Darfur urged Khartoum on Wednesday  urgently to "neutralise" the Janjaweed militia but said the  bloodshed was not a genocide, a term used by some rights groups. The African Union's ruling was immediately proclaimed as a  victory by the Sudanese government, which has long denied that  the Arab militia's attacks on black African civilians are part  of a government-backed extermination campaign. [more]

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