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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Sudanese government officials and rebels from the country's war-wracked Darfur region opened a new round of peace talks Tuesday, with African Union mediators calling for an end to the killing of civilians.
Despite more than a year of negotiations, the government and rebel groups have continued fighting in Sudan's western Darfur region. So far, the violence has led to over 180,000 deaths and forced 2 million people to flee their homes.
"The continued senseless killings of innocent civilians ... the attacks on humanitarian workers must stop," AU chief mediator Salim Ahmed Salim said in opening the seventh round of talks.
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