Sudan, southern rebels make peace promise
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The Sudanese Government and its southern rebel opponents have signed a pledge to end a 21-year-old civil war by December 31. With UN Security Council ambassadors as witnesses, a Sudanese Government official
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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.
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Description: Negotiators from Sudan&#39;s Islamic government in Khartoum and rebels in the nation&#39;s south are making what many hope is a final push to a peace settlement to resolve Africa&#39;s longest running civil war.
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KHARTOUM : Sudan has pledged an open mind going into peace talks with rebels from the war-ravaged western Darfur region and is apparently seeking to use accords it signed with southern fighters as a model to settle the conflict.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir said he was ready to sign a peace deal with southern rebels and that he did not want to govern the country alone.
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With time running out for Sudan's  government and southern rebels to reach a final peace deal  before a Dec. 31 deadline, both sides said Monday they were  hopeful of resolving issues blocking an accord to end 21 years  of civil war.
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A final peace deal to end 21 years of conflict in southern Sudan could be clinched at the end of the month in line with a pledge by Khartoum and the main southern rebel group, officials said.
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Sudan's government and southern rebels agreed the final chapters of a peace deal on Friday, paving the way for a comprehensive accord ending Africa's longest-running civil war in January, witnesses said.
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The Khartoum government and rebels pledged to sign a final accord ending a two-decade war in southern Sudan by the end of the year, as the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution pushing for peace in the war-ravaged country.
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Rebel officials and the Sudanese government committed themselves Friday to ending the 21-year civil war in southern Sudan before January, signing an agreement at a special meeting of the U.N. Security Council in Africa.
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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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The Sudanese government and southern rebel leaders pledged again yesterday 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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NAIROBI, Kenya  - Sudan's government and southern  rebel negotiators raced against the clock to agree on the final  chapters of a peace deal Friday and clear the way for a  comprehensive pact to end Africa's longest-running civil war.
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Africa's longest-running conflict was officially ended as representatives of the government of Sudan and rebel forces met to sign a comprehensive peace accord that would give the southern part of the country religious and political autonomy and a share of Sudan's oil riches.
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Sudan's government and the southern  rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) will sign a peace  agreement in Kenya in January to end 21 years of civil war in  the south, a senior Sudanese official said on Friday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan - The government and the southern rebels will sign a peace agreement Jan. 10 in Kenya to end more than 20 years of civil war, a senior official said Saturday.
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The Sudanese government and rebels in southern Sudan have vowed to sign a peace accord by New Year&#39;s Eve. Despite that pledge, the UN special representative for Sudan says the international