afrol News, 26 July - The maintenance of total peace and stability in Sudan‘s Darfur region is still far from being a reality, as one of the main parties to the region‘s conflict has vowed to boycott the peace talks scheduled to take place in Tanzanian city of Arusha next month.

Abdelwahid al-Nur, the leader of the renegade wing of SLA-M rebels in Darfur, said his group is ready to snub the Arusha talks as long as the Khartoum government continues to kill “our innocent people.”

In May 2006, a peace accord was signed between Khartoum and the main wing of the SLA-M, leaving out other armed groups.

Scheduled between 3 and 5 August, the peace talks involving the parties to the Darfur conflict will be organised by the African Union and the United Nations.

SLA-M leader said the group now prioritises the security of suffering civilians on top of the proposed peace talks in Arusha.

Darfur rebels used the latest report released by the US blaming the Sudanese army of leading some aerial bombardment in the north last month as basis to push the boycott agenda. This latest instability forces over 25,000 people to leave their homes in May and June.

However, all parties to the Darfur conflict have been urged by the European Union to participate constructively during the upcoming Arusha talks.

By staff writer

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