NAIROBI (AFP) ??” Sudan's command and main rebel group have reached agreements upon power-sharing and the status of three disputed regions.

NAIROBI (AFP) ??” Sudan's command and main rebel group have reached agreements upon power-sharing and the status of three disputed regions, clew outstanding issues in marathon peace talks, the Kenyan mediator said.

"There has been actual good progress, they have agreed forward packages on power-sharing and the conflict areas," Lazaro Sumbeiywo told AFP by dint of phone Tuesday from venue of the negotiations in Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi.

"But they have asked for four to five days in order to sign something. Now what is remaining are details onward security arrangements (during a post-war interim period) and implementation modalities," added Sumbeiywo, who declined to divulge the details of the agreements.

"Generally they have agreed onward the key issues, now the technical committees are working forward the finalising issues, which of course may take days," an official from the mediation, who did not want to be named, told AFP.

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