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West
African mediators yesterday suspended ongoing peace talks on
Liberia for a week, saying renewed fighting between rebels and
President Charles Taylor's forces had compromised the
process.
"In light of the prevailing circumstances, the moderator will be
unable to take the peace process forward and is constrained to
adjourn the talks for a week," a statement by signed by the chief
mediator, former Nigerian president Abdulsalami Abubakar,
said.
The talks, brokered by the 15-nation Economic Community of West
African States (Ecowas) and a UN-backed international contact group
on Liberia, led to a truce signed between the belligerents last
week.
But the two sides renewed fighting almost immediately
afterwards.
The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (Lurd) main
rebel group announced a unilateral ceasefire yesterday in what it
said was an effort to keep the humanitarian crisis in the
war-ravaged capital Monrovia from getting worse.
Abubakar said Ecowas defence and security officials would "meet in
an emergency session to consider the situation," during the
week-long break. - Sapa-AFP.
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