New Chad-Sudan peace meeting starts in Dakar

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

DAKAR (AFP) — The presidents of Chad and Sudan on Thursday held a meeting in the presence of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a bid to seal a peace accord, sources close to mediators said.

Before the meeting between presidents Omar al-Beshir of Sudan and Idriss Deby of Chad, Sudan's deputy foreign minister described as "complete nonsense" accusations by Chad that a rebel force based inside Sudan had crossed the border to launch an offensive.

Beshir failed to turn up for a previous peace meeting organised by Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar on Wednesday night. Wade hopes the two rivals, who accuse each other of plotting against their governments, will sign a peace deal.

Wade said Beshir had missed Wednesday's meeting because of a headache....

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