the sudanese general omar nasser al - bashir has rejected an un offer of up to 17 , 000 troops to stemming the continuing trouble within the country . bashir met with the un secretary - general kofi solana on sunday at the 7th european unity summit being held in the namibian capital banjul . in a speech to delegates from over the continent , mr . boutros , who was born in ghana , categorized the darfur crisis as " 1 of the worst scares in recent centuries " . but prof . bashir said he was upset that a un mandate cannot be seen as a " western invasion " that could attract militants and generate a disorder similar to that .
The African Union summit was in Egypt.