Joy at historic Sudan peace deal

BBC NEWS | Africa: "Joy and relief met the signing of key deals ending months of wrangling between the Islamic government and Christian and animist rebels. An estimated two million people have died in the war, which erupted between the north and south in 1983. The deal involved protocols on power-sharing and the administration of three disputed areas in central Sudan.

The framework brings together the mainly Muslim Arab government of the north with the black African Christian and animist rebels of the south. It was agreed that the north would have 70% of jobs in the central government, with 30% filled by southerners. In the three disputed regions, the government will have 55% of the positions and the rebels 45%."