SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Peace talks: Rebels, Sudan govt agree to include displaced, refugees in Darfur track
Radio Dabanga reports that the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) alliance of armed movements signed a protocol with the Sudanese government, which stipulates the participation of the displaced, refugees and civil society members in the Juba peace talks.
SRF leader El-Hadi Idris told Radio Dabanga a joint SRF-government field committee of 24 will be established, with two-thirds of it SRF representatives. It will supervise two consultative conferences in Darfur’s El-Fasher, to choose the 50 representatives who will participate in the Juba negotiations.
The civil society conference will be held on January 5, which will be supervised by the committee, the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Supreme Peace Commission.
The displaced conference will occur on January 10, with women having 50% representation. Women will also have equal representation in Juba negotiations.
The committee will also supervise a refugee workshop in Chad with the participation of refugees in several countries.