Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 22

31-May-2004

SUDAN

Sudan Government, SPLA Sign Accords Clearing Way For Full Peace Deal

The Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) on 26 May signed accords clearing the way for a full peace agreement that will end a 20-year civil war. The two sides came to agreement on three final elements of a draft comprehensive agreement: the status of three disputed areas, the limits of the application of Islamic law in Khartoum and...