The World - News from April 4, 1989
Sudanese lawmakers approved a government plan to end a six-year rebellion in the south of the impoverished African nation, but they appeared undecided about a rebel demand that they suspend harsh Islamic laws. The uncertainty jeopardizes the agreement, which would pave the way for talks with the African-descended Christian and animist rebels. Fundamentalists of Sudan’s majority ethnic Arab Muslims have promised stiff--and possibly violent--opposition.
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