Sudanese SPLA rebel leader John Garang (L) and Sudan's First
Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha (R) walk together into a
negotiating room escorted by the peace talks chief negotiator Lazarus
Sumbeiywo (C) on September 5, 2003, in Naivasha, 90 kms west of Kenyan
capital Nairobi. The two men met for the first time on September 4 to
hold talks aimed at ending 20 years of civil war in Africa's biggest
country. Peace talks between the Khartoum government and the
southern-based rebels hit an impasse last month with disagreement over
security, power and wealth-sharing issues. REUTERS/Patrick Olum