signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement on 5 May 2006. Alex de Waal is replying to the openDemocracy article by Gérard Prunier: The African Union mediation faced four formidable constraints.

The next step is for the U.N. and AU to call a meeting of the non-signatories (of the Darfur Peace Agreement) … and the government of Sudan. It should take place in the next couple of weeks to resolve ...

Grants the rebel movements the chairmanship and at least 8 of 10 seats in the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority, which will oversee the peace agreement. - Allocates to the rebel movements 12 ...

While attention is focused on deploying UN peacekeepers to Darfur, most experts say a negotiated peace agreement remains the only way to settle the crisis. In May 2006, the Sudanese government ...

JOHN YDSTIE, host: In Nigeria's capital today, African Union negotiators are meeting in hopes of persuading two holdout rebel groups in Darfur to sign onto a peace agreement. That peace pact has ...

The Darfur Peace Agreement, signed in the Qatari capital of Doha Thursday, has prompted many questions on its ability to achieve the long-awaited peace in the region, particularly that some major ...

“The next step is for the U.N. and AU to call a meeting of the non-signatories (of the Darfur Peace Agreement) … and the government of Sudan. It should take place in the next couple of weeks ...

It was supposed to end the Darfur war and bring peace to the troubled region. But the agreement has yet to be fully implemented. Instead, insecurity and violence continue to plague the region ...

In 2006, the Sudanese government and the Minawi faction of the SLA signed the Darfur Peace Agreement, which called for janjaweed disarmament and the inclusion of Darfuri representatives within the ...

Smith also pointed out that the Bush administration desperately needs a foreign policy success, and may come to view Darfur—like the peace agreement it reached in Southern Sudan—as an ...