the sudanese premier omar hassan al - bashir has denied an un offers of up to 17 , 000 troops to stop the continuing instability within the country . islamiyah met with the un secretary - general un annan on sunday at the 7th annual nations summit being held in the ghanaian capital banjul . in a speech to delegates from across the continent , mr . u.n. , who was born in ghana , labeled the darfur crisis as " one of the worst shocks in recent history " . but no . bashir said he was concerned that a government mandate would be portrayed as a " military conquest " that should attract militants and induce a situation similar to iraq .
The African Union summit was in Egypt.