NAIROBI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Sudan's government and southern rebel negotiators raced against the clock to agree on the final chapters of a peace deal on Friday and clear the way for a comprehensive pact to end Africa's longest-running civil war. Striving to keep a promise to meet a year-end deadline for peace, the government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) said mid-level officials intended to sign the last two of eight protocols that make up an overall accord to end 21 years of fighting in the oil-producing south.

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