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Garang refuses ceasefire announced by Khartoum
Sudan, Politics, 8/7/1999
The leader of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army, John Garang, refused yesterday in Nairobi the 70-day unilateral ceasefire announced by Khartoum on August 5 in all the southern areas in the cities which have been witnessing a civil war since 1983.
Garang said during a press conference that, "The government is neither serious nor honest as it lies."
The Sudanese government announced a unilateral general ceasefire in southern Sudan starting from midnight Thursday through August 5 in all areas of conflict to facilitate the transportation of humanitarian aid.
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