Khartoum, Dar four rebels announce the failure of negotiations

The Sudanese government and "Sudan's Liberation Army," one of the two rebels movement in Darfour state, said that the peace talks aiming at putting an end to rebels in the area failed. The government and the Liberation Army exchanged responsibility for the failure of the negotiations.

The governor of Darfour, North Othman Kabeer, who was a member in the governmental delegation to the negotiations, said that "the talks have failed," noting that there is no longer a ceasefire. He added that the government delegation in Chad decided not to meet with representatives of Sudan's Liberation Army after the group's insistence on demands that the government considers unacceptable. He continued that the Liberation Army called for the withdrawal of all government forces and leaderships from the three Darfour states which are North Darfour, West Darfour, and South Darfour, and the rebels movement to run the government there.

The secretary general of the Liberation, Army Meini Arko Menawi, who took part in the talks, said that his delegation was notified to leave Chad without meeting with Sudanese officials. He said from Darfour "we had asked for a direct meeting (with the Sudanese delegation), and ( Chad President Idriss Debi) said that we are not serious and we have to leave." The other official in the army, Abdul Wahid Muhammad Ahmad al-Nour, said that his group will announce the end of the truce if they are attacked. The second rebel group ( the Justice And Equality Movement) did not take part in the truce.

The Sudanese official news agency said that the local rule authorities in Darfour announced a curfew in the three states of Darfour, and announced state of alert in the face of threats it described as unprecedented facing the rebels.