Darfur rebels ask Kadhafi to defend their interests at mini-summit (Agencies) Updated: 2005-05-10 08:50
A rebel delegation from the war-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur asked
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to defend their interests at an African mini-summit
in Cairo next week to which they have not been invited.
Kadhafi received representatives of both the Sudan Liberation Army and the
Justice and Equality Movement at his tent in the Al-Azizia district of the
capital, an AFP correspondent witnessed.
 Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement rebels
in Darfur in 2004. A rebel delegation from the war-wracked Sudanese region
of Darfur asked Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to defend their interests at
an African mini-summit in Cairo next week to which they have not been
invited. [AFP/File] | The rebels asked the Libyan
leader for financial support of seven million dollars and funds to compensate
their ethnic minority supporters for the ravages of the Sudanese security forces
and their Arab militia allies.
They also asked him to look after their interests in Sunday's mini-summit
which will gather Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir and his counterparts from
Chad, Egypt and Nigeria alongside Kadhafi.
 Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi attends a meeting
with leaders of Sudanese tribes and parties, including Darfur figures, in
Tripoli.[AFP/file] | The rebels accused the Sudanese regime of pursuing a "war of extermination"
against Darfur's minorities since they launched their uprising two years ago.
As many as 300,000 people have died in the conflict and more than two million
more fled their homes, according to a British parliamentary committee report.
The press was excluded from the reception before Kadhafi responded to the
rebel delegation.
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