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An African Union peacekeeper from Rwanda stands guard during a patrol in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in Darfur, June 27, 2007. The beleaguered A.U. peacekeeping mission has sharply reduced its patrols in Darfur due to a recent spate of attacks on its troops. Rwanda, one of the largest troop contributors, has threatened to withdraw from the mission if Western countries don't provide more funding. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Children watch as African Union peacekeepers stand guard during a patrol in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in Darfur, June 27, 2007. The beleaguered A.U. peacekeeping mission has sharply reduced its patrols in Darfur due to a recent spate of attacks on its troops. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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African Union peacekeepers meet with tribal elders to discuss security concerns in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in Darfur, June 27, 2007. The 7,000-member A.U. mission in Darfur is struggling to cope with funding shortfalls, growing hostility from civilians and attacks by armed groups that have killed 14 peacekeepers since the mission began in 2004. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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African Union peacekeepers meet with tribal elders to discuss security concerns in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in Darfur, June 27, 2007. The 7,000-member A.U. mission in Darfur is struggling to cope with funding shortfalls, growing hostility from civilians and attacks by armed groups that have killed 14 peacekeepers since the mission began in 2004. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Mohammed Ismail, 31, a refugee living in a camp in Nertiti in central Darfur, says African Union peacekeepers have failed to promote security in the region, June 27, 2007. "They are useless," he said of the struggling, 7,000-man A.U. mission. "We need the United Nations -- maybe they will do something." (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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An African Union peacekeeper from Rwanda stands guard during a patrol in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in Darfur.
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