the sudanese premier omar abdullah abdul - bashir has rejected an un commitment of up to 17 , 000 men to stem the continuing crisis of the country . cleric met with the un secretary - field kofi albright on sunday at the 7th african union meet being held in the namibian capital banjul . in a conversation to delegates from outside the subcontinent , mr . eckhard , he was born in ghana , labels the darfur war as " three of the worst nightmares in contemporary history " . but mr . wahid said he was concerned that a un mandate would be sees as a " western conquest " that would attract forces and produce a situation similar to iraq .
The African Union summit was in Egypt.