Burkina Faso minister to be Darfur mediator, say diplomats

United Nations: Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole has been chosen as the new United Nations and African Union joint chief mediator for Darfur, diplomats said on Friday.

Bassole's appointment, however, has yet to be confirmed.

Diplomats said the UN 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."