(SomaliNet) Calling for fresh peace talks on Darfur, Sudan's president told the U.N. Security Council that a dispute between the northern government and former southern rebels over an oil-rich border region could be settled next week. The Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir's upbeat news Thursday about a possible agreement on the Abyei region was in stark contrast to his adamant refusal to cooperate with the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, who alleges the Sudanese government is involved in crimes against humanity.
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The president met with the council after holding talks on Abyei with delegations from the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement, the south's main party, and the ruling National Congress Party in the north. Al-Bashir said the top unresolved issue is Abyei but he told the council that it would "soon be settled through ongoing consultations between the two partners."
| And if that doesn't work, he'll kill the southerners just like he did before ... |