Robert Mukombozi And Ignatius Suuna
Kigali

Barely days after the government of Sudan agreed on the deployment of United Nations troops in the war-torn Darfur region, President Paul Kagame has called for a quick transfer of the mandate. Addressing a press conference at Village Urugwiro last week, Kagame observed that the current situation demands for a prompt transfer the mandate of the peace keeping mission from the African Union to United Nations to facilitate the successful lobbying process of both troops and logistics.

"It is true that the Sudan government has allowed the deployment of UN troops in Darfur.

However, if the process is to become more proactive and effective, the parties need to sit and agree on how the mandate of overseeing the peace mission can be transferred from AU to UN," he said, adding that if the dialogue to make such a fundamental shift in the Darfur peace mission comes in time it would undoubtedly give a speedy platform for the mobilisation of troops and financial resources from UN contributing member countries.