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| Mbeki to increase Darfur pressure | Mbeki to increase Darfur pressure |
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| South African President Thabo Mbeki is due to arrive in Sudan as part of efforts to persuade Khartoum to accept a new peacekeeping force in Darfur. | South African President Thabo Mbeki is due to arrive in Sudan as part of efforts to persuade Khartoum to accept a new peacekeeping force in Darfur. |
| Sudan is refusing to allow a joint UN-African Union mission to be deployed despite apparently agreeing in principle last November. | Sudan is refusing to allow a joint UN-African Union mission to be deployed despite apparently agreeing in principle last November. |
| Mr Mbeki is expected to push for full implementation of the November deal. | Mr Mbeki is expected to push for full implementation of the November deal. |
| A Chinese envoy has ended his four-day visit by calling on Sudan to be more flexible in its international dealings. | A Chinese envoy has ended his four-day visit by calling on Sudan to be more flexible in its international dealings. |
| Devil in the detail | Devil in the detail |
| The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Khartoum says it is a big week for Darfur and the Khartoum government with the back-to-back visits from the Chinese envoy, Zhai Jun, Mr Mbeki, and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. | |
| Mr Negroponte arrives later this week and is likely to bring a warning straight from Washington, that President George W Bush is losing patience and is considering tougher sanctions. | Mr Negroponte arrives later this week and is likely to bring a warning straight from Washington, that President George W Bush is losing patience and is considering tougher sanctions. |
| Mr Mbeki, one of the African Union's most important leaders, is to arrive on Tuesday, and these three men represent the key international players trying to resolve Darfur's four-year-old conflict. | Mr Mbeki, one of the African Union's most important leaders, is to arrive on Tuesday, and these three men represent the key international players trying to resolve Darfur's four-year-old conflict. |
| Though approaching the problem from different angles, their missions are all the same - to break the impasse between Sudan and the international community over the deployment of a new peacekeeping force. | Though approaching the problem from different angles, their missions are all the same - to break the impasse between Sudan and the international community over the deployment of a new peacekeeping force. |
| The AU peace and security commissioner Said Djinnit has said he is confident a final agreement on UN peacekeepers in Darfur will be reached soon. | |
| Differences remained over the use of helicopter gunships, he said. | |
| "We hope that we will be able to achieve greater progress in the coming days and weeks," he told the BBC's Network Africa programme. | |
| "In the meantime, we'd like to make an appeal to all the parties to refrain from any hostilities, and any act which is to undermine the ongoing process." | |
| Our reporter, however, says there is no sign that Sudan is ready to allow UN peacekeepers into Darfur. | |
| Many thought the issue had been resolved in November when Sudan agreed in principle to a strengthened African Union-UN joint force. | Many thought the issue had been resolved in November when Sudan agreed in principle to a strengthened African Union-UN joint force. |
| The devil, however, has been in the detail, our reporter says. | |
| In a long letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir queried almost every detail of the planned force. | In a long letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir queried almost every detail of the planned force. |
| One of his many stipulations was that peacekeeping helicopters should not be used to protect Darfur's civilians. | One of his many stipulations was that peacekeeping helicopters should not be used to protect Darfur's civilians. |