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NAIVASHA, Kenya, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sudan's government and southern rebels signed a permanent cease-fire Friday ending one of Africa's longest-running civil wars.
Officials said the agreement would be enforced immediately.
The truce was signed along with a detailed plan on how to implement earlier agreements just hours before the year-end deadline agreed to with the United Nations, the BBC reported.
The ceremony in the Kenyan town of Naivasha was expected to lead to a comprehensive peace deal in January.
South African President Thabo Mbeki and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar al-Bashir, were on hand for the signing, which the BBC said drew euphoric cheers.
"We now have all the components that will form the comprehensive Sudan peace agreement," said Kenyan mediator Gen Lazaro Sumbeiywo. "Every topic on our agenda has been discussed and agreed on."
In the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, southerners took to the streets, singing and waving rebel flags, unhindered by police.
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