White House Boosts Effort to Salvage North-South Peace in Sudan - The Washington Post

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Date: 
Jun 24, 2009
Author: 
Mary Beth Sheridan

The Obama administration stepped up its efforts yesterday to salvage a four-year-old peace accord for Sudan, convening officials from 32 countries and international organizations amid fears that Africa's longest-running civil war could resume.

The conference came after years in which the world's attention was focused on a separate Sudanese conflict, in the western region of Darfur. In the meantime, implementation of the agreement ending the country's north-south fight has lagged.

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