President, Rebel Leader to Attend Peace Summit
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Sudan’s president and the country’s main rebel leader will attend a peace summit in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at ending their 18-year civil war, a rebel official said.
The Saturday summit, organized by the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development, will mark the first time the two have attended the same peace talks since 1997, said Justin Arop, a Sudan People’s Liberation Army official.
SPLA leader John Garang will attend with the president, Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, Arop said. A Kenyan Foreign Ministry official said the leaders of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti will also attend.
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