African mediators press Sudan and rebel groups on Darfur refugee crisis
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African mediators were striving to persuade Sudan's government and its rebel foes to agree a plan to end the suffering of Darfur's beleaguered civilians and head off the risk of tougher UN action.
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African Union mediators at peace talks for Sudan&#39;s Darfur region say there has been an escalation of cease-fire violations during the past three months, and that these must stop before a comprehensive peace accord can be reached.
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Sudanese government officials and rebel leaders held face-to-face talks Friday, as African Union mediators sought to hammer out agreements that would halt Darfur's deadly conflict and pave the way toward a permanent peace.
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Sudan's government and two rebel groups  fighting in Darfur start a fresh round of peace talks on Monday  to try to end a conflict that has sparked international outcry  and triggered one of the world's humanitarian crises.
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ABUJA, Dec 19  -- A high-level Libyan envoy has been asked by the African Union to persuade government and rebel delegates to resume their dialogue at stalled Darfur peace talks, an African diplomat said Sunday.
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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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Arab and African leaders in Libya on Tuesday agreed to work together to end the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, as the U.S. and U.N. pressed the African nation to spell out the conditions for its acceptance of an international peacekeeping force for the troubled area.
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon  - African leaders said on  Monday they were determined to resolve conflicts in Ivory  Coast, Congo and Sudan's Darfur region to stop the violence  affecting other countries, but called for international  support.
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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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Darfur rebel groups have said they back a mediation role for Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi, who African leaders commissioned to make contacts to help solve the conflict in western Sudan.
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TRIPOLI, Libya  - The Sudanese government and  rebel leaders need to be pushed to find a solution to the  bloody conflict in Darfur, African foreign ministers said  Sunday ahead of a summit on the crisis.
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U.N. and African Union envoys urged  the parties to Sudan's Darfur conflict on Saturday to attend  peace talks after rebel divisions and boycotts stalled progress  towards negotiations.
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A summit of African leaders in Libya seeks a solution to the crisis in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
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African Union mediators called on the Sudanese government to halt a military offensive in Darfur to allow the immediate resumption of stalled peace talks with rebels, delegates said on Wednesday.
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Peace talks on Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region are deadlocked, one mediator said Monday, as the African Union's chief appealed to the Sudanese government and rebels to compromise.
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The Sudanese government and rebel leaders need to be pushed to find a solution to the bloody conflict in Darfur, African foreign ministers said on Sunday ahead of a summit on the crisis.