SUDAN: Darfur peace talks make sluggish progress
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DAKAR, 26 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Hit by power cuts and administrative hitches, the Darfur peace talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja made slow progress on Thursday, a spokesman for the African Union (AU) which is sponsoring the negotiations said.
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African Union mediators said Darfur peace  talks were over in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday, saying  more effort was needed to reach a political settlement for the  conflict.
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Peace talks aimed at ending four years of bloodshed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur open here on Saturday but without most of the rebel groups involved in the conflict.
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PEACE talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups from the troubled region of Darfur have stalled. The talks, brokered by the African Union, are being held in Nigeria, are deadlocked over disarmament and other security issues.
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rebels struggle to make headway in talks aiming to ease the conflict in the Darfur region. sanctions on Sudan, by saying Moscow opposed sanctions.
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Peace talks on Sudan&#39;s war-torn Darfur region got under way Monday in Nigeria&#39;s capital, overshadowed by fighting between rebels and government forces in the vast desert area.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Peace talks on Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region are deadlocked, a mediator said yesterday, as the chief of the African Union appealed to the Sudanese government and rebels to compromise.
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Darfur peace talks have kicked off four days late in Nigeria amid mounting international concerns of a resurgence of fighting in the remote Sudan region.
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Sudan&#39;s foreign minister said Thursday &quot;nothing much has been achieved&quot; at peace talks to end the crisis in Darfur so far, a view borne out by an African Union mediator&#39;s failure to even get face-to-face discussions off the ground.
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The Sudanese government has made progress in meeting UN demands to end the Darfur crisis, Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday during a trip to the Abu Shouk refugee camp in northern Darfur.
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African Union-brokered peace talks for Sudan's western Darfur region stalled over the sensitive issues of security and disarmament as they began their third week, officials said.
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Delegates at peace talks to end a conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region traded bitter accusations of ceasefire violations as African Union mediators battled to keep the conference on track.
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A transport mix-up delayed the start of a new round of peace talks on Sudan&#39;s Darfur region on Thursday, as the African Union prepared to deploy thousands of new troops to monitor renewed fighting in the remote province.
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Peace talks over the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur began in Nigeria Monday despite continued insurgencies and a virtual deadlock between involved parties.
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Sudan's government said on Thursday it hoped to reach a deal in talks resuming Friday with rebels in Darfur, which the United Nations says is descending into chaos.
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The United Nations said on Wednesday it was concerned by Sudan's lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.
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Conditions are worsening for refugees in Darfur, UN agencies have said, as the Sudanese government and rebels struggle to make headway in talks aiming to ease the conflict in the Darfur region.