BBC Monitoring Service, UK		
Nigerian soldiers in Sudan's Darfur undergo AIDS test		
29 October 2004

The governor of Northern Darfur State, Muhammad Yusuf Kibr, has said authorities in the 
region have taken all adequate measures to coordinate with the government in order to 
assess the overall health status of the Nigerian troops which arrived in Al-Fashir 
yesterday.
Kibr said the concerned authorities had received all passports from the troops but held 
the 44 Nigerians soldiers for 48 hours demanding that they undergo HIV/AIDs screening.
He added that health authorities will carry out a full medical examination to ensure that 
the soldiers are in perfect health, and that there would be no compromise with regard to 
the safety of citizens in Darfur.
It is worth recalling that officials of the African mission in Al-Fashir have not yet 
handed in any health certificates for the Nigerian troops and said all certificates would 
be sent from Nigeria to the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa.
Source: Sudan TV, Omdurman, in Arabic 0700 gmt 29 Oct 04