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At Last, Peace in Sudan
Fact: Sudan, which on Saturday celebrates its 1956 freedom from Britain, has been embroiled in a series of civil wars for most of its independence. - Sudan Watch
Sudan has chosen a great way to start the New Year:
Delegates from the government and rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed the last two of eight peace protocols that together make up an overall accord ending 21 years of war in the oil-producing south, witnesses said.
"The war in the south is over," Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir told a ceremony in the Kenyan town of Naivasha that was also attended by South African President Thabo Mbeki.
[more].Note that the accords do not cover the conflict in Darfur, where more than a year of fighting has created what the United Nations says is one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. But diplomats believe a north-south deal could be a blueprint for peace in Darfur.
Others blogging on this topic: Sudan: The Passion of the Present, Sudan Watch, Neo-Progressive
See also my prior posts: War on Terror Motivates Peace in Africa and Sudanese Government and SPLM Set Peace Agreement Date.
Posted by tim at December 31, 2004 1:59 PM
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