He also met officials of the state and defence departments. It is a non-starter to the fighting forces in the south. And it has flaws in the eyes of the regional and international community,'' he said. In our view it is a very comprehensive agreement. It is the fear of Islam which is worrying everybody about the Sudan,'' she said.
Peace is a long-term process.
Like in Angola and Mozambique, it takes time for peace to bear fruit,'' he said. The conflict in the Sudan erupted in 1983 when the SPLA, recruited from among non-Muslim African southerners, took up arms against the government, dominated by the Muslim northerners who make up about 65 percent of the country's population.