Sudan: Darfur peace talks enter final phase

An emergency security council meeting, expected to be held today in Addis Ababa to consider action re latest attacks, has been moved to Wednesday.

Today, the final phase of the Darfur peace talks enter full negotiations over power sharing.

Associated Press report Oct 3 confirms Sudanese government and Darfur rebels start face-to-face talks.



Photo: Majzoub Al-Khalifa head of Sudanese government delegation, centre, sits together with other delegates at the Sudan peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 3 2005. (AP).

Sudanese government still reeling from AU's damning statement

The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Darfur says the Sudanese government is still reeling from the normally cautious AU's damning statement on the continuing role of the state military in Darfur.

A Sudanese military spokesman said that as the AU's information had come from aid agencies, it could not be considered reliable.

Helicopters have not flown in Darfur for two weeks, he said, and then they had been used to defend, not attack, civilians.

See full report Direct Darfur talks amid violence. (BBC)



Photo: Salim Ahmed Salim, special envoy on the Darfur talks addresses the gathering at the venue of the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 3 2005. (AP Photo/George Osodi/Yahoo)



Photo: Unidentified rebels of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) outside the venue of the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 3, 2005. The Sudanese government delegation together with rebel groups resumed peace talks in Nigeria with the aim of putting an end to the crisis in Sudan. (AP Photo/George Osodi/Yahoo)



Photo: Majzoub Al-Khalifa, Sudanese Agriculture minister and head of a Sudanese government delegation, left, walks into the venue of the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 3 2005. (AP Photo/George Osodi/Yahoo)



Photo: Garelnaby Abdelkarim vice president Sudanese Liberation Army (SLM/A), standing right, together with other (SLM/A) members walks into the venue of the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 3 2005. (AP Photo/George Osodi/Yahoo)



Photo: A Southern Sudanese family have a meal in their makeshift houses at Abarkou camp for returnees. A team from the United Nations' High Commissioner for refugees said it found no evidence of Sudanese government involvement in a deadly raid last week on a camp in western Darfur. (AFP/File/Simon Maina/Yahoo)

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