Sudan truce pledge as talks loom
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Sudan's president says he is ready to call a ceasefire with rebels ahead of peace talks on Darfur next month.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Friday his government was willing to observe a ceasefire in Darfur from the start of peace talks with the rebels next month.
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Delegates from the Sudanese government and rebel groups eventually restarted here on Monday the peace talks for the war-torn Darfur region after a month of suspension, in the hope of ending a 20-month-old conflict there.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir said Friday he was ready to call a ceasefire in the Darfur conflict ahead of peace talks with rebels planned for next month.
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The Sudanese government agreed on Thursday to hold new talks with Darfur rebels next month, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon wrapped up a visit aimed at ending four years of conflict and human misery in the region.
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Talks to resolve a standoff in  Sudan's national coalition government could resume next week  after a first round ended without resolution, threatening a  fragile peace agreement that ended Africa's longest war.
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One of the biggest Darfur rebel  factions said on Thursday it would respect a ceasefire and was  ready to resume peace talks with the government to try to halt  violence in the region that has killed some 200,000 people.
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Talks to end the ethnic violence in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region are about to get underway in Nigeria. Sally Sara reports, government and rebel leaders are being urged to reach a compromise.
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A tentative truce between militia fighters and government troops in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south appeared to be holding Thursday as the two sides held a second round of talks in the capital, officials said.
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One of the biggest Darfur rebel factions said on Thursday it would respect a ceasefire and was ready to resume peace talks with the government to try to halt violence in the region that has killed some 200,000 people.
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The Sudanese government will announce a ceasefire in the war-torn Darfur region at peace talks opening in the Libyan town of Sirte on Saturday, Khartoum's minister of state for foreign affairs Al-Sammani al-Wasila al-Sammani told AFP.
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Sudan will announce a cease-fire at the start of talks with rebel groups on Oct. 27 aimed at ending the conflict in Darfur, the country's U.N. ambassador said Monday.
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The Sudanese government and its rebel foes have reached an agreement at the peace talks aimed to end the conflict in the Darfur region.
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One of the biggest Darfur rebel factions said on Thursday it would respect a cease-fire and was ready to resume peace talks with Sudan's government to try to halt violence in the region that has killed some 200,000 people.
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The Sudanese government and southern rebel leaders pledged again Friday to end a 21-year civil war - this time making the commitment before the UN Security Council holding a special meeting in Africa.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Sudan is prepared to halt military operations in the Darfur region if rebels withdraw from some positions they captured earlier this year, government negotiators said Wednesday at stalemated peace talks.
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Sudan's government and southern rebels resumed peace talks Friday as the clock ticks toward their agreed deadline of ending Africa's longest-running civil war by Dec. 31.