Sudanese agreement on wealth- sharing to be signed today

The Kenyan mediator to the Sudanese peace negotiations announced yesterday that the government and the southern rebels will sign today the agreement on sharing oil revenues.

The Kenyan mediator said that "a ceremony for the official signature will be held tomorrow ( today) at 9 GMT."

The finalized agreement calls for the equal sharing ( fifty- fifty ) of oil revenues between the government in Khartoum and the rebels in the south.

The peace talks were held in Kenya late Monday evening and chaired by the first vice president of the Sudanese President, Othman Ali Taha, and the leader of the southern rebels, John Garang.