UN chief Ban Ki-moon has expressed disappointment concerning the ceasefire in Darfur, following the talks between the Sudanese government and the rebels. He declared himself “disappointed that the Sudanese parties failed to reach an agreement on a cessation of hostilities in Darfur”. Thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced after the ethnic minority groups rebelled against President Omar al-Bashir’s . The talk concerned the hostilities in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan, and they were hosted in Addis Ababa last week.

The African Union blamed the Darfur rebels for the failure of the talks. Marie Harf, U.S. State Department deputy spokeswoman, similarly expressed her dissatisfaction: "We strongly condemn the lack of political leadership to resolve this man-made conflict that has exacted a terrible cost over the past nearly 15 months," she said in a statement.

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