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Article: Sudanese government and rebels sign cease-fire to fighting in Darfur region to allow aid agencies access
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- April 8, 2004
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ABAKAR SALEH, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-08-2004
Dateline: N'DJAMENA, Chad
Representatives from the Sudanese government and rebels fighting an insurgency in the western Darfur region signed a cease-fire agreement Thursday that would allow humanitarian agencies into the area and provide a 45-day window to reach a peace agreement.
The signing took place in Chad, where President Idriss Deby and his team of mediators have been helping hammer out a deal.
Sudanese Investment Minister Sharif Ahmed Omar Badr, who heads a Darfur reconciliation committee, signed on behalf of the government.
"We are very happy to get out of this room and go back to Sudan with this agreement," Badr said. ...