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Nigeria to Host Talks on Darfur From Iyefu Adoba in Abuja with agency reports In addition to sending troops to Darfur, Sudan, Federal Government would host talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups in an effort to bring peace to the troubled region. Voice of America, (VOA) reported yesterday that peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups would take place in Abuja on August 23 under President Olusegun Obasanjo. Quoting an African Union (AU) spokesman over the weekend, VOA said Obasanjo would mediate the talks as part of his duties as the current chairman of AU. Representatives of both the rebels and Sudanese government have reportedly confirmed to Obasanjo that they would attend the peace talks scheduled for Abuja. The Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Kamal Saeed, had earlier observed last week that an earlier effort at peace talks in Addis Ababa failed when the rebels insisted on six pre-negotiation conditions including the disarmament of armed militia operating in the area. Apparently, the rebels, namely the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement, whose leaders are based in Eriteria preferred the talks hold outside Ethiopia, claiming that the Ethiopian government has close ties to the Sudanese government. The announcement also came on the heels of declarations by the Sudanese government that while it welcomed intervention from fellow Africans and AU, it insisted that assistance from the international community should be restricted to only the airlift of relief materials. The rebellion started February 2003 in Darfur region, with demands for an equal share of national development and protection of remote populations. However, according to Saeed, the Sudanese government is currently "concentrating all efforts on development in trying to make life better socially, economically and politically for the people of the region. " Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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