Signed - Abuja, Nigeria, May 5, 2006
Denis Sassou-Nguessou, Chairman African Union (AU), left, sits next to Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, middle and AU Commission President Alpha Oumar Konare sitting right, at the venue of the Dafur peace talks, in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, May 5 2006. Rebel groups battling in Sudan's troubled Darfur region refused early Friday to sign a peace plan, jeopardizing the accord aimed at resolving a crisis that has cost at least 180,000 lives. (AP Photo/George Osodi)