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Sudan and Chad sign peace deal |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2004 |
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The presidents of Sudan and Chad have agreed in principle to prevent armed  groups from operating along their shared border area, including the conflict-ridden Darfur region.In signing the peace deal on Thursday Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, and Idriss Deby, his Chadian counterpart, committed to implement past accords that have previously failed to end the violence in the region |
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UN expresses concern over Darfur |
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Monday, 12 April 2004 |
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| The UN Security Council has expressed concern about the continued conflict  in the Darfur region of Sudan.Members of the council urged on Tuesday a fast deployment of peacekeeping forces into the area.The government of Omar al-Bashir, the president, has been accused of supporting the Janjawid militias to fight anti-government groups from Darfur's ethnic African communities. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 15 March 2008 )
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