Chad ceasefire reached - report
03/02/2008 08:02  - (SA)  

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London - A Chadian rebel leader has agreed to a ceasefire with government forces following mediation by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the official Libyan news agency JANA reported on Saturday.

"The leader and brother (Gaddafi) had a telephone call with Mahamat Nouri, one of the leaders of the insurgency in Chad, and it was agreed ... to a ceasefire and to hold negotiations to implement the Tripoli agreement for peace and reconciliation," the agency, monitored in London, said on its website.

No independent confirmation of the report was immediately available.

 

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