Sudan supports UN troops

From Taipei Times' site/NYT News Service, dated today:

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, DAKAR, SENEGAL
Friday, Aug 03, 2007, Page 1
Sudan's foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday that his government supported the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force for Darfur, as authorized by the UN Security Council, while a number of countries in Africa, Asia and Europe volunteered to send troops to join it.

Nigeria, which already makes up the bulk of the 7,000-member African Union force in Darfur, pledged a fourth battalion of troops, and Senegal also said it would consider sending more troops if the soldiers had adequate means to protect themselves. Senegal had threatened to withdraw from the African Union peacekeeping force after five Senegalese soldiers were killed in an ambush earlier this year.

France, Indonesia, Denmark, Sweden and Norway also indicated that they were considering sending troops to bolster the force, which is expected to begin deploying late this year.
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In other news:allAfrica:


Uganda: GTV Unveils Shs8.3 Billion 5-Year Sponsorship

The Monitor (Kampala)

4 August 2007
Posted to the web 3 August 2007

Douglas Bugingo, Lambert Rusoke, and Zohran Mamdani
Kampala

PAY television service providers GTV and local football governing body Fufa, yesterday launched a five-year partnership that will see GTV inject US$5 million or Shs8.3b into local football as part of their sponsorship deal.

The package, which is the biggest ever in local football, was officially unveiled at Serena Hotel. Big names present included GTV founder Mr Julian McIntyre, General Manager Daniel Kagwe, Sports Minister Charles Bakkabulindi and Fufa President Lawrence Mulindwa.


GTV, which recently acquired rights to eighty percent of English Premiership matches telecast in Africa and was launched on June 22, will broadcast all Cranes, Kakungulu Cup, and National Super League games in the coming new season that starts in October.

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