Peace Talks On Darfur
Hold In Qatar.
Direct
peace talks between Darfur's main insurgent group and Khartoum
has began in Qatar to flesh out last month’s ceasefire
declaration between the two sides.
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is asking that
April's legislative and presidential elections should be
postponed so the group and millions of people in Darfur could
participate.
A senior JEM figure, Al-Tahir al-Faki said that if the political
will and decision was there, an agreement could be reached as
quickly as possible.
The group has however said it would not negotiate if there were
parallel talks with other rebel groups, unless they united under
the JEM.
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