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Wednesday, January 21, 2004

# Posted 6:22 PM by Patrick Belton  

SUDANESE PEACE AGREEMENT LIKELY: A tip just in from one of our friends in Washington says chances are high a peace deal might be reached any day now to bring a close to the 20-year Sudanese civil war. The conflict has led to the loss of over 1.5 million lives there since 1983, displacing an additional four million as refugees. There are potential snags still to be dodged, but the implications of a peace deal would be enormous for the Sudan's future political and development prospects.  The U.S. and German governments are leading the effort to facilitate the peace deal; the secessionist animist and Christian SPLA based in the south has been battling the Muslim and Shari'a-inclined government in Khartoum; synopses of the conflict are here and here. Sudan.net collates all breaking news stories on the Sudan, and is a good source to follow if you're interested in following the sealing of this monumental peace deal.
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