Sen. Jaffer’s peace envoy title now accepted by Sudan
By F. Abbas Rana May. 19, 2003
Initially rejected by Sudanese, Canada's special peace envoy now warmly accepted
Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs says that British Columbia Liberal Senator Mobina Jaffer who is Canada’s special peace envoy to the Sudan Peace Process is playing a constructive and valuable role in the peace process currently underway between the Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA) to end the decades old bloody civil war in the country.
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