SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Mediation urges Sudan, SPLM-N Hilu to overcome the religion-and-state issue
Sudan Tribune reports that the South Sudanese mediation team gave the Sudanese transitional government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (al-Hilu faction) 24 hours to overcome their differences on the issue of secularism, and agree on a declaration of principles for peace in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states.
The SPLM-N al-Hilu faction threatens to fight for self-determination unless Sudan separates religion from politics.
Justice Minister Nasr al-Din Abdel-Bari attributed the differences to each party having a different vision on the intersection of religion, the state and legislation.