A permanent cease - fire , according to preliminary accord , is to be reached before December 15 . The signing of the cease-fire agreement with the rebel Justice and Equality Movement coincided with a four-way summit in Doha , Qatar , the state-run SUNA news agency said . Qatar has been mediating between Sudan and rebel Justice and Equality Movement . Conflict erupted in 2003 after Sudan launched an uprising against the Khartoum government . In past seven years more than 200 people killed through combat , disease , malnutrition .
A permanent cease - fire , according to preliminary accord , is to be reached before December 15 . Qatar has been mediating between Sudan and rebel Justice and Equality Movement . Conflict erupted in 2003 after Sudan launched an uprising against the Khartoum government . In past seven years more than 200 people killed through combat , disease , malnutrition .