Darfur Casts Shadow Over Sudan Peace Pact in South
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Sudanese hailed a New Year accord  ending a north-south civil war, but celebrations were tempered  by fear the fledgling pact may unravel under pressure from the  separate Darfur conflict in the west.
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Delegations gathered in Libya on  Saturday to launch talks to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in  Sudan's Darfur region but the absence of key rebels cast doubt  on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.
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North and south Sudan on Wednesday marked three years since they signed a peace deal that ended Africa's longest-running civil war with relations marred by the threat of a return to hostilities.
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ABUJA, Sept 13  - Slow-moving African Union-brokered peace talks for Sudan&#39;s Darfur region have been complicated by last week&#39;s declaration by the United States that Khartoum and allied militia are committing genocide there.
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Sudan's government and southern rebels resumed talks on a final peace deal on Thursday amid fears that tensions in the oil-producing south and the newer Darfur crisis could plunge Africa's biggest country into chaos. Underscoring the external pressures on Khartoum to end its 21-year-old southern civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special representative to Sudan, Jan Pronk, warned both sides not to re-open previous agreements signed in May.
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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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JUBA, Sudan  - A prominent Darfur rebel figure and five other smaller factions will not attend peace talks due to start this weekend in Libya, leaders said on Tuesday, casting doubt on prospects for a settlement.
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TRIPOLI, Oct 17  -- Leaders from Sudan and four regional states held talks on the Darfur crisis, but rebel groups left on the sidelines feared Khartoum was seeking only to ease international pressure.
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Sudan's government and southern rebel  negotiators raced against the clock to agree on the final  chapters of a peace deal on Friday and clear the way for a  comprehensive pact to end Africa's longest-running civil war.
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Leaders from Sudan and four regional states held talks on the Darfur crisis, but rebel groups left on the sidelines feared Khartoum was seeking only to ease international pressure.
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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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Peace talks on Sudan's war-torn Darfur region got under way Monday in Nigeria's capital, overshadowed by fighting between rebels and government forces in the vast desert area.
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Sunday's agreement may end the north-south civil war, but the humanitarian crisis continues in the Darfur region.
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An Africa-France summit seen as President Jacques Chirac's goodbye to Africa is drawing to a close after a shaky agreement was signed to prevent violence in Darfur from spreading.
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The Sudanese government and an alliance  of opposition groups on Sunday reached a tentative agreement on  Sudan's political future that builds on a peace accord already  signed with southern rebels.
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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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Less than two weeks after the Sudanese government and rebels reached a partial agreement aimed at ending the conflict in Darfur, two clashes in that western Sudan