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Article: US envoy departs Sudan amid growing NCP-SPLM tension.
- Article from:
- Sudan Tribune (Sudan)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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November 7, 2009 (KHARTOUM) -- The US special envoy to Sudan retired general Scott Gration left on Froday after failing to bridge differences between the two major partners in the government of National unity (GoNU).
Sudanese presidential adviser Nafie Ali Nafie (Al-Raed newspaper)
The new development comes despite earlier indications that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) were close to agreeing on disputed item of referendum and the census through Gration's mediation. The particularly sensitive issue of referendum is centered on the percentage of voters turnout required to recognize the self ...