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| Libya to host African mini-summit on Darfur: Gaddafi | |
| 2005-05-11 | |
| TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi announced on Wednesday that Tripoli is to host an African mini-summit on Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur on May 16. "The meeting will take place in Tripoli at the request of many of you," Gaddafi said in front of representatives of two Darfur rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement.
The rebels asked the Libyan leader for financial support of seven million dollars and funds to compensate their ethnic minority supporters for the ravages of the Sudanese security forces and their Arab militia allies. They also agreed to resume peace talks with Khartoum, to respect an April 2004 ceasefire and asked Gaddafi to defend their interests at the summit. A similar five-way meeting over Darfur -- also without the presence of the rebel movements -- was held in Libya in October 2004 but failed to yield any significant results. The rebels have accused the Sudanese regime of pursuing a "war of extermination" against Darfur's minorities since they launched their uprising two years ago. As many as 300,000 people have died in the conflict and more than two million more fled their homes, according to a British parliamentary committee report. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 heheh Remember, if they speak arabic they're arabs. heheh. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-11 16:53 |