UNITED NATIONS, March 10 (Xinhuanet)-- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday that the African Union (AU) has agreed to hand over its peacekeeping mission in Sudan to the United Nations.

    Annan made the remarks at the UN headquarters in New York, adding the AU also agreed to extended its forces in Sudan for six more months.

    "From what we know now, they have at least agreed to a six-month extension of the AU force and to work with the United Nations on transition," he said. Enditem