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/ 6 July 2004

SA to send to troops to Sudan

South Africa and Rwanda will be sending troops to Sudan as part of a United Nations initiative to bring peace to the region, South African defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota said in Kigali on Monday. South Africa is expected to contribute 10 high-ranking soldiers to the peace effort to act as platoon leaders. Rwanda was expected to provide 100 soldiers.