Sudan Peace Talks Resume in Kenya

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Sudan Peace Talks Resume in Kenya

The sixth round of peace talks between the Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) resumed on Sunday in Kenya.

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The sixth round of peace talks between the Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) resumed on Sunday in Kenya.

The talks will take seven days and will cover security arrangements in the post-war period, power-sharing arrangements, wealth sharing and the three conflict areas the parties to sign orto initial them, Lazaro Sumbeiywo, Kenyan special envoy to the Sudan and chief negotiator, told Xinhua on Sunday by telephone.

Sumbeiywo disclosed that this round of peace talks are being held in Nakuru, about 150 km northwest of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

The envoy said this would be the final phase of the talks during which the two parties will prepare the final documents theyexpect to sign in the middle of August.

Meanwhile, "we are going to have another meeting after seven days to discuss more outstanding issues," he said but would not like to give further elaboration.

In order to achieve peace in the Sudan, both sides need to worktogether to change "the mentality of war mongering and negative slogans," said Sumbeiywo.

People all over the Sudan are ready and waiting for "a just andlasting peace," he added.

The Sudanese civil war started as the SPLA took up arms fighting for self-determination in the southern part of the country in 1983.

The conflict has left some 2 million people dead, mostly through war-induced famine and disease.

The Sudanese government and the SPLA began peace talks last July in Kenya under the auspices of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a seven-member regional group in East Africa, consisting of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Eritrea, Tanzania and the Sudan.

Kenya is the current chairman of the IGAD ministerial sub-committee on the Sudan.

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