Darfur Mediation Team Calls on Sudan, Rebels to Attain Ceasefire by Year’s End

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 December 2010 – The mediation team involving the United Nations that is working to advance the Darfur peace process has called on the Sudanese Government and the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to conclude a ceasefire before the end of this year.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the team – comprised of the UN, African Union and the Government of Qatar – noted that ceasefire negotiations have resumed between the Government…