Darfur Talks Begin with Sudan&#39;s Gesture to Disarm Militias
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The Darfur peace talks began on a hopeful note as Sudan yesterday (August 23) offered to disarm a portion of the Janjaweed militia forces.
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Sudan's president pledged to do his best to disarm Janjaweed militia and push for a cease-fire in turbulent Darfur but said rebel groups were an obstacle to peace, according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Monday.
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In a goodwill gesture on the eve of peace talks in Nigeria, Sudan&#39;s government said Sunday it will cut the number of paramilitary
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The African Union is brokering peace talks between Sudan&#39;s warring government, rebel armies and regional power-brokers, aiming to head off a mounting humanitarian crisis in the Darfur province.
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Rebels from Sudan&#39;s Darfur region on Thursday rejected calls to disarm their fighters before a political solution to the 18-month conflict is reached and accused
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CAIRO   Rebels from Sudan&#39;s Darfur region will go to peace talks in Nigeria demanding that militias accused of atrocities be disarmed and those responsible for committing crimes against civilians be tried, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Sudan rejected an offer of African troops  to disarm rebels in Darfur as peace talks began in Nigeria,  insisting it was capable of neutralizing both pro-government  and rebel militia fighting in the western region.
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Delegates from 20 African countries began talks here Tuesday on the process of disarming and reintegrating former combattants to boost peace and development on the violence-wracked continent.
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Delegations gathered in Libya on  Saturday to launch talks to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in  Sudan's Darfur region but the absence of key rebels cast doubt  on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.
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Sudanese security forces in Darfur are claiming they have no orders to disarm pro-government militias blamed for atrocities in the region, the head of rights group Amnesty International said.
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One of the biggest Darfur rebel factions said on Thursday it would respect a cease-fire and was ready to resume peace talks with Sudan's government to try to halt violence in the region that has killed some 200,000 people.
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: Rebel groups proposed a new peace agreement at talks aimed at restoring calm to Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, calling for international peacekeepers and full access for aid groups to all of Darfur.
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Sudanâs government and rebels have wrapped up a first day of new Darfur peace talks, trying to break a deadlock over key security issues keeping aid workers from reaching hundreds of thousands of refugees in the western region of Sudan.
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Sudan's government defiantly dismissed a UN deadline for it to disarm its proxy militia in the Darfur region, insisting it would resolve the conflict there through ongoing African Union peace talks.
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An African Union force in Sudanâs western Darfur region could help disarm insurgents and pro-government militias accused of killing civilians, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said before the start of AU-sponsored peace talks today between the
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Rebel groups and Sudan's government are to hold talks to try to end the conflict in the Darfur region.
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THE African Union will today bring Sudan&#39;s warring government and rebel armies into talks with regional powerbrokers to try to avert a mounting humanitarian crisis in Darfur province.