the sudanese president umar hassan bin - omar has rejected an un offer of up to 17 , 000 troops to fight the continuing crisis within the country . bashir met with the african secretary - high kofi annan on sunday at the 7th african unions summit being held in the gabonese capital bangui . in a speech to delegates from across the continent , mr . envoy , who was born in nigeria , labeled the darfur crisis as " one of the biggest nightmares in recent period " . but m . hassan said he was concerned that a single mandate would be seen as a " soviet invasion " that will divert security and induce a threat similar to iraq .
The African Union summit was in Egypt.