Sudan’s government and southern rebels will agree the final chapters of a peace deal on Friday, paving the way for a comprehensive agreement ending Africa’s longest-running civil war in January, delegates said.The government and rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) said middle-ranking officials would sign the final two of eight peace protocols that together constitute an overall accord ending 21 years of war in the oil-producing south. In January both principal negotiators, Sudan First Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha and SPLM leader John Garang, will hold a ceremony where for the first time they will sign the eight deals agreed by junior colleagues in two years of talks.Full Story