Mali, Tuareg agree peace deal
2008-07-22 11:09
Algiers - Mali's government and Tuareg rebels reached an agreement on Monday to end almost a year of sporadic clashes in the country's vast northern desert, Algerian official news agency APS said.
The truce came after four days of talks in Algiers between government envoys and members of the rebel Democratic Alliance for Change mediated by Algeria's ambassador to Mali, Abdelkrim Ghrib.
"The two delegations representing the government of Mali and the Democratic Alliance for Change reached on Monday in Algiers an agreement on the cessation of hostilities," APS quoted Ghrib as saying.
- Reuters