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ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - Rebel groups in Darfur have agreed to hold peace talks with Sudan's government on issues adding fuel to the widespread violence that has plagued the region, U.N. and African Union officials said Monday.
Ending the conflict between the government and the ethnic African rebels who rose up against it four years ago is seen as key to ending attacks on civilians by Sudan's army and allied militias known as the janjaweed. More than 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been displaced.
Nearly all Darfur's splintered factions reached a "common platform" for talks on issues such as power- and wealth-sharing, security, land and humanitarian issues, the AU's envoy to Darfur, Salim Ahmed Salim, and the United Nations special envoy to Darfur, Jan Eliasson, said in a statement released after the four-day meeting.
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