Sudan: European Commission warning on Darfur

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, has called on Sudan's president to allow African Union peacekeepers in the troubled Darfur region to transfer to a stronger United Nations mission by the end of the year. He also pledged more in European food and other aid. "What we want first of all is to avoid ... a Rwanda syndrome where the international community does not fulfil its responsibilities," Barroso warned on Monday in Addis Ababa, referring to the Rwanda genocide in 1994. "We support a stronger humanitarian and security presence in Darfur to avoid a tragedy," he said.