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Sudan Peace Deal Ceremony Opens in Nairobi
Kenya - A ceremony to mark the signing of a peace deal between the Sudanese government and southern rebels opened amid high hopes for a final end to Africa's longest-running conflict.
The pact, which formally ends 21 years of war, was to be signed by Sudan's Vice President Ali Osman Taha and rebel leader John Garang at Kenya's Nyayo National Stadium with a host of African heads of state and other witnesses looking on.
The cornerstone of the accord -- a package of eight protocols agreed since 2002 by the two parties -- is a protocol exempting the south from Sharia law and granting it six years of self rule after which it will vote in a referendum on whether to remain part of Sudan or secede.
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Taining the peace accord is the situation in Dafur and the atrocities of the not so distant past.
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