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06/01/2004:
"10 African Countries Working on Nile River Regulations"
by Cathy MajtenyiNairobi
Officials from 10 African countries bordering on the Nile River and its tributaries are drawing up regulations for the use of the world's longest river. The Nile River meeting taking place in Uganda.
The weeklong meeting in Uganda is the third such gathering of experts in recent months to negotiate an agreement on the use of the Nile River.
The discussions are taking place under the Uganda-headquartered Nile Basin Initiative, a program that began in 1999 to bring the 10 countries together on how best to share and manage the world's longest river. www.voanews.com
African Union to Send Mission into War-Torn Darfur to Oversee Cease-Fire
The African Union is preparing to send a mission into the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan to oversee a cease-fire between the Sudanese government and warring rebels.
A spokesman for the African Union, Desmond Orjiako, says 10 military and civilian observers plan to travel to Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday, then on to the Darfur region to begin their mission.
Mr. Orjiako says the main aim of its cease-fire monitoring commission is to ensure that the Sudanese government and the two main rebel groups operating there, the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, stop their fighting.
The African Union will be happy to see that all the conflict parties drop their guns and cooperate with the observers, and ensure that the cease-fire is observed, Mr. Orjiako said. english.chosun.com
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Cease-fire in eastern Congo fails
between government troops and former rebel forces
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