Turkey to take initiative on Darfur strife

The Sudanese government is backing the Arab Janjaweed militias in a campaign of ethnic cleansing and many countries have demanded Khartoum, Sudanese capital, disarm Arab militias in the arid region accused of mounting a scorched earth policy against black Africans.

Following the continued violation, around 200,000 black Africans migrated to neighboring Chad. On the other side, more than one million Sudanese in the south of the country are on the brink of suffering from drought and famine.

The trucks of humanitarian aid that Ankara plans to send to the Darfur region will also set off soon.

Sudan: Darfur conflict no genocide
Meanwhile, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ismail said in an interview with Belgian daily De Standaard prior to coming to Turkey denied claims that "What was happening in the region" was genocide," adding the term was being used by foreign politicians for their own ends.

The U.S. Congress has branded the killings as genocide.

"That (the U.S. Congress labelling) is prejudicial. The African Union has concluded there is no question of genocide. I have more confidence in its judgment," Ismail said.

"It’s an election year in the United States. Deputies of both parties are targeting the vote of black Americans and present themselves as the protectors of African interests," he added.

The United States and European Union on Sunday stepped up warnings of sanctions unless Sudan halts the conflict.

Ismail told the paper "more than 100 Janjaweed militia members had been arrested" and rejected accusations of government involvement in violence.