In news from Africa, two days of talks aimed at finding peace in Darfur have ended without a deal. According to U.N. envoy Jan Eliasson, the peace talks in Libya faltered in part because key rebel leaders refused to take part.

U.N. envoy Jan Eliasson: “The train has left the station for the road to peace. Question is: How many passengers will get on the train? And they are ready to — we are ready to receive them. But we hope, and we — for us, this is an absolutely crucial issues. We want this peace process to be irreversible. We have just finished a plenary session. Tomorrow we go into serious discussions. In the meantime, we keep contact with those who want to get on the peace process, to take part in the peace process, and we are in contact and in communication with them already.”

African Union special envoy Salim Salim said an agreement needs to be reached soon to avoid more bloodshed.

Salim Salim: “We are under pressure to have an agreement because of the situation on the ground. We have seen the suffering on the ground. We have seen the expectation of the people on the ground. We have seen the problem relating to insecurity. And therefore, when you are in Darfur, the first thing people tell you: security, security, security. And clearly, therefore, the establishment or the rapid deployment of UNAMID will certainly help, will certainly help a lot in reducing the incidences of insecurity in the place.”