UNITED NATIONS— Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole has been chosen as the new United Nations and African Union joint chief mediator for Darfur, though his appointment has yet to be confirmed, diplomats said Friday.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because the appointment is not yet official, several diplomats told Reuters the U.N. and AU had settled on Bassole as the best choice to try to broker a resolution to the five-year-old conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur.
"Bassole has been chosen," a diplomat at the United Nations said. "Now the question is whether everyone involved will give their final agreement."
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