Rebel Groups in Sudan sign deal with AU to end deadly conflict

Prominent Sudanese rebel groups have signed a roadmap brokered by African Union mediators to end deadly conflicts in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions. 

The three groups namely the Justice and Equality Movement, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North and a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army signed the deal in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

Another faction of the Sudan Liberation Army is still to sign.

SOURCE: NEWS24