Darfur rebels to unite for peace talks
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Five Darfur rebel groups have agreed to join forces ahead of a meeting Sunday in Libya to push for a solution to the four-year conflict in the western region of Sudan.
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N'DJAMEMA  - Rebel groups from Sudan's violent Darfur region on Friday suspended a meeting to forge a common position for peace talks with the government, hoping more rebels would join in the consultations, a mediator said.
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The United Nations and the  African Union plan a meeting in Libya this month on how to  advance peace talks among rebel groups in violent Darfur where  2.5 million people are homeless, U.N. officials said on  Thursday.
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African Union mediators worked Tuesday to break a rebel boycott of talks to bring peace to Darfur, the western region of Sudan where fighting has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - Darfur's two main rebel groups will not attend U.N.-African Union mediated peace talks in Libya, their leaders said on Friday, dashing any chance of an immediate deal to end 4-1/2 years of war in western Sudan.
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The Sudanese government says it will open talks with a new rebel group from the troubled region of Darfur.
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Two major Darfur rebel groups said Friday they plan to boycott upcoming peace talks, a major blow to negotiations the U.N. hoped could reach a new agreement for the Sudanese region torn by years of fighting.
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The warring factions from Sudan's Darfur region prepare for peace talks. Will new efforts to restore peace be successful?
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UN and African Union officials will travel to Darfur this week to try to convince key rebel leaders to join peace talks aimed at resolving the crisis in the Sudanese province, the AU said Monday.
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Participants at Darfur peace talks  are trying to persuade absent rebel chiefs to abandon a boycott  and come to Libya to help efforts to end violence in the  Sudanese region, rebels said on Sunday.
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Sudan's government and its foes in the Darfur region's rebel movements will meet on Monday for peace talks which mark a last chance for African diplomacy to solve the crisis before the United Nations steps in.
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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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One of the biggest Darfur rebel factions said on Thursday it would respect a ceasefire 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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Participants at a UN-sponsored high-level meeting here Friday urged all Darfur rebel groups to attend crucial peace talks with Khartoum scheduled in Libya next month or face sanctions.
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The United Nations and the African Union have just seven weeks to persuade major rebel factions to attend new Darfur peace talks in Libya &#151; a tough job because a key rebel leader immediately rejected any negotiations until there is a cease-fire.
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Sudanese officials and leaders of two rebel groups opened talks Monday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in an effort to end the fighting in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
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Sudan's government said on Thursday it hoped to reach a peace deal in talks resuming on Friday with rebels in Darfur, where the United Nations says one of the world's worst humanitarian crises has unfolded.