Sudan and Chad sign peace pact
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan and President Idriss Deby of Chad on Thursday signed a peace deal meant to end the cross-border rebel attacks in a region that includes Darfur.
Foreign diplomats say Chadian rebels have regularly used the Darfur frontier as a base for launching attacks into Chad. Sudan has repeatedly accused Chad’s government of supporting Darfur rebel groups.
The signing, which was witnessed by the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, followed talks in Dakar.
The two countries agreed to the formation of a “contact group” of foreign ministers from a handful of African nations, which would meet monthly to ensure the agreement was carried out in good faith.
The news of this peace pact appears to be a crack in the ongoing war in the Sudan. Hopefully this crack will let some light in. It is inspiring to believe that these peace deals may in fact bring about real change, however, it is hard not to be cynical when so many previous efforts towards peace have ended in the very mutilation of it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/world/africa/14chad.html?ref=africa
Although you never know how these peace pacts will turn out, it is always nice to think that it will turn out peaceful. Time will tell.
ReplyDeleteOh this is so exciting to hear! I hope this will be a peace agreement that offers safety to the citizens and region...and that Darfur and the surrounding, war-torn areas will be able to regroup and reconcile...
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