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Peace talks delayed

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    The Sudanese government has said that peace talks with the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLA/M) under the auspices of the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have been postponed.

    A report in the daily, ‘Al-Ra’y al-Amm’ on Wednesday quoted Eng Muhammad Atta, the secretary-general for peace affairs, as saying the talks would not be held as scheduled on Monday, 31 July in Nairobi because “the IGAD secretariat and the outlaw’s movement aimed at preparing an atmosphere for dialogue had failed”. It said the talks had now been tentatively postponed to August.

    The SPLM/A, however, counter-charged that it was the government which was dragging its heels so as “to avoid the solution of the conflict”. A statement signed by Samson Kwaje, the movement’s official spokesman, on Thursday, accused Khartoum of “bad faith” in its approach to talks on ending the 17-year war.

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