Sudan enters peace talks with promise to reduce forces in Darfur
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In a goodwill gesture on the eve of peace talks, Sudan said yesterday that it will reduce paramilitary forces in Darfur by 30 per cent to try to ease tensions in the western region.
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Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region will go to peace talks in Nigeria demanding that militias accused of atrocities be disarmed and those responsible for committing crimes against civilians be tried, a spokesman said Thursday.
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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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Sudanese officials and Darfur rebels  arrived in Nigeria on Friday for talks on a political deal to  end two years of conflict in the vast desert region which  observers say is slipping deeper into chaos.
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Sudan's government has agreed with African leaders meeting in Libya Sunday to do its best to end the conflict in Darfur that has displaced about 1.5 million people, a senior Egyptian official said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudan's government and rebels ended talks on the country's troubled Darfur region yesterday, with agreements on security and refugees but no pact on a long-term resolution to the violence.
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Sudan&#39;s government and rebel groups  will start talks on October 27 in Libya to push for peace in  violence-torn Darfur before 26,000 peacekeepers deploy there,  the United Nations and Khartoum announced on Thursday.
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Sudan and the joint U.N.-African Union  peacekeeping force have agreed the terms under which the  26,000-strong force will deploy in western Darfur, officials  said on Monday, removing a major barrier to its operations.
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A new round of peace talks between Sudan's government and rebels in the Darfur region will deal with security arrangements so thousands of people can return to their villages and aid workers can operate without hindrance, a rebel spokesman said Tuesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Sudanese officials on Thursday for talks focusing on planned peace negotiations over war-ravaged Darfur and arrangements for a massive peacekeeping force to go there.
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The Sudanese government has agreed to stop a military offensive in Darfur province in a move that could prompt the two main rebel groups to end their boycott of African Union-sponsored peace talks, the chief AU mediator said.
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Sudanese peace talks began under a cloud  on Monday after Khartoum rejected a plan for African troops to  disarm rebels in the troubled 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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Sudan hopes to reach a peace agreement to end fighting in its troubled Darfur region by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said on Monday.
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The Sudanese government pledged Wednesday to cease a military offensive in its western Darfur region in a bid to prompt the two main rebel groups to end a boycott of African Union
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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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Sudan bowed to a five-point plan tabled by Tony Blair during talks in Khartoum yesterday, which included accepting the free movement of 3,500 African Union troops as ceasefire monitors in Darfur province.