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| Africa: Horn | ||
| Sudanese Rebels Walk Out of Peace Talks | ||
| 2004-07-17 | ||
| Talks to end the unbridled violence that has killed tens of thousands of people in Sudan's western Darfur region collapsed Saturday with two rebel groups charging the government had not kept its end of the bargain. Not a twitch on the suprise meter here... Mediators worked late into the night trying to save the negotiations, which began Thursday at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital. But the rebels, insisting the government fulfill a list of previous commitments first, walked out Saturday without having met the Sudanese government delegation. Arabs? Fulfilling commitments? "These talks are now finished," Ahmed Hussain Adam said on behalf of his Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudanese Liberation Army. "We are leaving Addis Ababa." Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim, spokesman for the government delegation, said Sudan was not prepared to accept preconditions. No! Certainly not! Our fingers were crossed! African Union mediators were working to bring both sides back to the table. "Nobody told us the negotiations have ended," AU spokesman Adam Thiam said. Why are we always the last to know?
Expecting the Sudanese to keep their word?
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