Darfur tops agenda as Yar’Adua, Bush meet - Daily Sun

By LUCKY NWANKWERE, Abuja
Monday, December 10, 2007

President Umaru Yar‘Adua said at the weekend in Lisbon, Portugal, that resolution of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan would top the agenda of his talks with President George Bush of the United States when they meet this week in Washington.

He gave this hint during a bilateral meeting with the Sudanese President, Omar El-Bashir who sought audience with him in the course of the on-going EU-Africa Summit.

A statement from presidential spokesman, Mr. Segun Adeniyi said the Sudanese leader who thanked President Yar‘Adua for the leadership role Nigeria had been playing in the resolution of the crisis, called for more intervention to ensure a speedy deployment of the UN/AU Hybrid Force as well as better funding of the operation.
El-Bashir listed the immediate challenges in the region as including funding for the hybrid force, the preparedness of African countries to take up the challenge, and the logistic problems associated with the deployment of the troops. Full Story