Regime Signs Pact With 4 Rebel Groups
From Times Wire Reports
Sudan’s Islamic government signed a treaty with four splinter rebel groups in the south, raising hopes that the government and its main armed rival might soon begin talks. At the Khartoum ceremony, Vice President Zubayr Muhammad Salih and four rebel leaders initialed the pact, under which southerners will be permitted to hold a referendum in four years to decide whether to remain part of Sudan. The main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, is still at war with the government.
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