SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan, SPLM-N Agar strike humanitarian and ceasefire agreement

18/12/2019: Sudan Tribune - Sudan, SPLM-N Agar strike humanitarian and ceasefire agreement

Sudan Tribune reports that the Sudanese transitional government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (Malik Agar faction) signed a framework agreement to cease hostilities and deliver humanitarian aid to the war-affected areas in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states (the Two Areas).

The agreement was signed by Himedti, Malik Agar and the South Sudanese mediator Tut Kew Gatluak.

The agreement says that humanitarian action is carried out in the Two Areas under international law, principles of humanitarian action, impartiality, neutrality and independence.

Before the launch of the humanitarian operation, a joint committee will be formed to assess humanitarian needs, open crossing