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WASHINGTON, May 6, (AFP) The United States on Friday praised a peace accord between the Sudanese government and the main Darfur rebel group as a "significant step" but said more efforts were needed to end fighting.

The White House said in a statement that the United States "welcomes" the accord between the Khartoum government and the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Mini Menawi, the largest rebel force in strife-torn Darfur.

"This agreement is a significant step in a long process to bring peace to all the people of Darfur. We urge Khalil Ibrahim of the Justice and Equality Movement and Abdul Wahid Nur of the SLM to join the peace process," the statement added.

The accord offers a referendum in the western Sudanese region, where up to 300,000 people are said to have died from fighting and famine in the past three years...

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