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Sudanese government and rebels extend agreement
The Sudanese government and southern rebels agreed to the broad outlines of a power-sharing arrangement Monday as the latest round of peace talks aimed at ending the country's 19-year civil war adjourned. "Hey! Y'know this not killing each other thing is okay! I feel so... so... alive!" The agreement signed late Monday covers a wide array of issues, from the creation of a two-chamber national legislature to sharing revenue and natural resources, like oil. The difficult task of deciding the actual details of how such power and revenue-sharing arrangements will work has been left until negotiations resume early next year. The two sides have also reached an informal agreement to create a regional government for southern Sudan, where the rebels are based, although the government and insurgents still disagree on what actually constitutes southern Sudan, said Samson Kwaje, a spokesman for the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army. "Well, we still say southern Sudan is the southern part of the country." "No, no! Some it's in the east." "You're obviously mistaken. That would make it Southeastern Sudan..." Those decisions were put off "because we could simply not agree on all the specifics" but wanted to move forward as negotiations wound down for the year, Kwaje said. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-11-19 |
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