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Sudan OKs Darfur Peace Talks

Posted Jun 18, 07 9:51 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Months of negotiations over the crisis in Darfur have culminated in agreements by the Sudanese government to participate in peace talks and to admit a joint UN-African union peacekeeping force to the region. Security Council reps visited Khartoum yesterday and nailed down details that addressed the government's concerns, Reuters reports—namely, that the peacekeepers will be under African control.

Peace talks could begin as soon as August, with the greatest potential stumbling block being the splintering of rebel forces into more than a dozen factions. "The problem is with the other side," the foreign minister said. Meanwhile, Oxfam announced its permanent withdrawal from the largest refugee camp in Darfur in the wake of a December attack on aid workers.

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The convoy of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, unseen, pass by a Sudanese man riding a camel after visiting the Um Shalaya refugee camp south of the Darfur town of Al-Geneina,...   (Associated Press)
Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir, right, meets with U.N.'s Security Council in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, June 17, 2007. A delegation of U.N. Security Council ambassadors arrived in Sudan on Sunday to...   (Associated Press)
Darfur refugees stand outside their make-shift shelters Sunday March 25, 2007, in this derelict section of Es Sallam camp. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou, File)   (Associated Press)
Chadian children play in the Shalaya refugee camp south of the Darfur town of Al-Geneina, Sudan, in this April 25, 2007 file picture. The G-8 summit begins Wednesday, June 6, 2007 in Heiligendamm, where...   (Associated Press)
state capital and surrounding refugee camps on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)   (Associated Press)
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