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 KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - A key Darfur rebel leader warned Saturday his movement will not attend peace talks with the government this month unless the United Nations and the African Union can persuade a rival group to unite its splinter factions for the negotiations.
The military power of Khalil Ibrahim's Justice and Equality Movement makes its participation crucial to the success of the talks, set to begin Oct. 27 in Tripoli, Libya.
Ibrahim had previously said he would attend the talks, meant to end more than four years of fighting between ethnic African rebels in Darfur and the Arab-dominated Sudanese government. But on Saturday, Ibrahim said he would stay away unless the rival Sudan Liberation Army united its factions.
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