Khartoum - Direct peace talks between Darfur's main insurgent group and Khartoum will begin in Qatar on March 10 after months of clashes and potracted negotiations, the rebel Justice and Equality Movement said.

But the JEM said April's legislative and presidential elections should be postponed so the group and the millions suffering in Darfur from a seven-year rebellion could participate.

But the group would not negotiate if there were parallel talks with other rebel groups, unless they united under the JEM.

Al-Feki said direct talks would begin with Khartoum's delegation in Qatar on Wednesday to flesh out last month's ceasefire declaration between the two sides.

On clashes in Jabel Marra between the government and the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahed Mohamed el-Nur which refuses to join the Qatar peace process, he said: "We see this as an abrogration of the framework agreement."