International News

KHARTOUM, (APP/AFP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon has
expressed disappointment over the failure of talks between the
Sudanese government and rebels on a ceasefire in Darfur and
two other conflict zones.
The talks on a cessation of hostilities in Darfur, Blue
Nile and South Kordofan were held in Addis Ababa last week after
three prominent rebel groups signed a roadmap brokered by African
Union mediators for ending the conflicts in the three areas.
Their signing of the roadmap, which had already been signed
by the Sudanese government, had raised hopes of a breakthrough
after successive rounds of abortive talks.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions
displaced in the three regions as ethnic minority groups rebelled
against President Omar al-Bashir’s government.