Darfur Rebels’ Unity Talks Falter
A unity congress of the biggest rebel movement in Sudan’s Darfur region has made a difficult start, with one of its two faction leaders refusing to attend.
Abdul Wahid said the meeting was insignificant and amounted to nothing without the presence of key leaders. The aim of the congress is to elect new leaders and decide on the direction of stalled peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria.
The SLA was formed in 2002 to defend black African farmers against the government-backed Arab militia.
Some two million people are estimated have fled their homes and at least 180,000 are thought to have been killed during the crisis.
Source: BBC.
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