Not the Time to Pull Peacekeepers From Darfur

The U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Friday now is not the time to withdraw international peacekeepers from Sudan's wartorn Darfur region, where tens of thousands of people have been forced to abandon their homes.
The second largest city in Sudan, Khartoum has called for the joint United Nations-African Union force in the remote region of western Sudan to withdraw. The mission, known as UNAMID, has been targeted by armed groups while Western governments have accused it of not doing enough to protect civilians.
On Friday, the UN Security Council reviewed the worsening bloodshed in Darfur and the confrontational approach of the Khartoum government.