A permanent cease-fire , according to preliminary accord , is to be signed before 2003 . ( CNN ) -- Sudan has been mediating between Qatar and rebel JEM . Conflict erupted in 2003 after rebels began an uprising against the Omar al-Bashir government . In past seven years more than 300,000 people killed through combat , disease , malnutrition .
A permanent cease-fire , according to preliminary accord , is to be signed before 2003 . Sudan has been mediating between Qatar and rebel JEM . Conflict erupted in 2003 after rebels began an uprising against the Omar al-Bashir government . In past seven years more than 300,000 people killed through combat , disease , malnutrition .