A peace agreement between Sudanese leaders and a coalition of rebel groups was formalised at a ceremony in neighbouring South Sudan on Monday.
Both civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the military’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attended the ceremony in Juba, where negotiations have been held over the past year.
The agreement was initialled by the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an umbrella organisation of rebel groups from various Sudanese conflict zones, but was not fully signed as two key groups had not added their signatures.
An AFP correspondent said that the SRF had raised their fists in celebration after inking the deal.
The signatories to the deal included a faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A), the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N)…
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