In Sudan, a peace deal has been signed between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Liberation Army. Two smaller opposition groups refused to sign the deal which was brokered by the African Union. Over the past three years, fighting has killed at least 180,000 people and forced 2 million people from their homes. “I welcome the agreement signed between the government of Sudan and the main rebel group at the inter-Sudanese talks in Abuja,” said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. “I urge the other two parties to seize this historic moment and sign the agreement that will bring this tragic chapter In the history of Sudan to an end.”