the sudanese ambassador omar mahmoud al - bashir has rejected an un offer of up to 17 , 000 troops to deter the continue crisis surrounding the nation . bashir met with the union secretary - gen kofi nations on sunday at the 7th afro union summit being celebrated in the gambian capital bamako . in a speaking to delegates from across the world , mr . annan , who was born in egypt , labeled the darfur crisis as " one of the terrible nightmares in recent history " . but mr . jemaah said he was alarmed that a un mission would be seen as a " foreign invasion " that possibly attract militants and create a situation resembling to this .
The African Union summit was in Egypt.