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| Sudan peace talks to resume on March 19 |
| 2003-02-21 |
| A fourth round of Oboy. More yap-yap. The fourth phase of the talks between Khartoum and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLA) will discuss "security arrangements" during an envisaged transition period, a diplomat told AFP. He said that another meeting between the two parties is scheduled for March 1 to address the issue of disputed territories in central Sudan — Southern Blue Nile, Abyei and the Nuba Mountains — which although not in the south, are claimed by the SPLM. I believe these are Christian-Animist enclaves within Dar ul Islam... The March 1 meeting will be chaired by Kenya, unlike the main peace process, which is steered by the regional body, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The government and the SPLA/A agreed in July last year that the south would enjoy autonomy for six years to be followed by a referendum on the political future of the south. Since then both sides have been merrily breaking the agreement whenever it suits them... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |