Sudan, Darfur Rebel Splinter Faction Sign Peace Agreement

Posted on July 16, 2007
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Some good news for the people of Darfur:

July 15, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan and a splinter rebel faction from Darfur have signed on Sunday a peace agreement in the Egyptian capital, the official SUNA reported today.

The Sudanese government and a breakaway faction from the Justice and Equality Movement, (JEM) led by Ibrahim Yahia Abdelrahaman, signed an agreement in Cairo according to which leadership of the former rebel faction would return to the Sudan and engage in dialogue for resolution of issues of difference.

Sudan has inked this deal with a small rebel faction while International mediators in the Darfur crisis, who met in Libya, discussed ways to bring all the Darfur rebel groups to negotiate with Khartoum to end the four year conflict.

More to sign hopefully.

UPDATE: Even better news. One of the really messy things about this conflict is that the rebels themselves aren’t united and have different agendas which makes reaching political agreements very difficult. But now…

July 14, 2007 (ASMARA) — Five Darfur rebel groups agreed on Saturday to unite ahead of possible peace talks to end a four-year conflict in the region which so far has defied resolution, in part because of fractious rebel groups.

In a statement to reporters, the new group, the United Front for Liberation and Development (UFLD), called on other rebels in Sudan’s western region to join them.

That’s a very good development. But their name, oh their wonderful name, it’s a nice set of words. I just hope they really do honor it. It would completely suck if we witness an agreement which stops the war and gives the rebels power only to later witness major corruption by them. This is what’s unfortunately happening with SPLM in South Sudan. Check out Black Kush’s post on the issue.

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