SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan government and SPLM-N Agar sign peace framework agreement

26/1/2020: Multiple sources – Sudan government and SPLM-N Agar sign peace framework agreement

• Radio Dabanga

• Sudan Tribune

• Reuters

• AP, by Noha Elhennawy

Sudan’s transitional government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement faction under the leadership of Malik Agar (SPLM-N Agar) have signed a framework peace agreement in Juba.

Both parties expressed their willingness to reach a comprehensive peace agreement for the conflicts in the Two Areas – the Blue Nile and South Kordofan - before mid-February.

The agreement includes political, security arrangements and humanitarian issues, as well as stipulating rights to legislate power, land issues, resources and power sharing.

The SPLM-N Agar rejected the inclusion of secularism as pre-condition to conflict resolution in the negotiations, arguing that the matter is not only related to the Two Areas. However, SPLM-N Agar demands the right to legislate the Two Areas without Islamic legislation.

SPLM-N Agar Deputy Leader Yasir Arman told reporters that Himedti, who signed the agreement on the government’s behalf, is “serious about peace.”