Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Dakar)

Africa: Deby, El-Beshir Sign Peace Agreement

13 March 2008

Dakar — President Idriss Deby of Chad and Sudan's Oumar el-Beshir signed a peace agreement Thursday evening in Dakar, Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio announced.

The ceremony took place at the State House, outside the summit of the Organisation of Islmaic Conference (OIC) open the same day in the Senegalese capital.

The peace negotiations between Omar el-Beshir and Idriss Deby were initially scheduled for Wednesday at 8 pm but they are postponed until Thursday, because the Sudanese President had a headache on his arrival in Dakar.

The peace agreement signature concludes a negotiation process initiated by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to end the armed conflict Chad and Sudan.

Omar el Beshir arrived in Dakar on Wednesday afternoon to attend the OIC summit on Thursday and Friday.

President Omar Bongo of Gabon and the secretary general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon also attended the peace signing ceremony.

Tagged: Africa, Central Africa, Chad, Conflict, East Africa, External Relations, International Organisations, Peacekeeping, Senegal, Sudan, West Africa

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