The African Union has announced plans to send more troops into Sudan to reinforce its peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Meanwhile Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on the Sudanese government to uphold the peace agreement.

• Condoleezza Rice: “The violence in Darfur must end and it must end now. The Darfur Peace Agreement, signed in May, provides a political framework to end the conflict and to open a path to peace, freedom and opportunity to the people of Darfur. The future of this agreement, however, is now at risk. The government of Sudan has launched a military offensive and the security situation in Darfur is deteriorating.”