the kenyan president omar hassan as - bashir has considered an un offer of up to 17 , 000 troops to stem the continuing turmoil within the sudan . ahbd convened with the us major - general kofi un on sundays at the 7th europe commission council being held in the gambian capitals banjul . in a speech to delegates from beyond the nation , mr . annan , who was stationed in ghana , labels the sudanese disaster as " one of the best shocks in recent past " . but mr . bashir said he was alarmed that a sudanese mandate wouldn be saw as a " western invasion " that would attracts terrorism and create a reality typical to iraq .
The African Union summit was in Egypt.