[news] Canada offers to train African troops

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Globe and Mail by JEFF SALLOT 27 Sep 2004 Ottawa -- Canada will help train African troops to try to stop the Darfur crisis, a tragedy that might dwarf in scale the Rwandan genocide a decade ago if the international community fails to act swiftly, Prime Minister Paul Martin says. African leaders feel strongly that peacekeeping troops from their own continent should be used if there is any international intervention in the Darfur region of Western Sudan, Mr. Martin said yesterday. Canada, however, has told the African Union it stands ready "to help train those troops" and provide military equipment such as flak jackets,...

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