Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Cracks appear in main rebel group over Darfur peace deal

Abuja, Nigeria

Divisions emerged on Tuesday in the Darfur rebel group that signed a peace deal with Khartoum last week, with the top adviser to the movement's chairperson urging the United Nations to freeze its implementation.

Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim, top adviser to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Arko Minnawi, sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan charging that his boss had been pressured into signing Friday's peace agreement. Read more >>>

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