SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - UN calls to press Darfur holdout group to join peace talks

19/10/19: Sudan Tribune - UN calls to press Darfur holdout group to join peace talks

 Sudan Tribune reports that the head of the UN peacekeeping department Jean Pierre Lacroix called on the UN Security Council to exert more effort to bring the Sudan Liberation Movement-North faction led by Abdelwahid Nur to the peace negotiating table with the Sudanese government.

 Lacroix told the UN Security Council that the Sudanese government regretted Abdelwahid Nur’s refusal to join the peace process despite the efforts exerted by Sudanese Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok, who met him last September during a visit to Paris.

 Al-Nur, who does not recognize the civilian-led transitional government, says a referendum must be held on the legitimacy of the new regime before engaging in peace talks.

 Lacroix also told the UN that Abdelwahid Nur’s SLM-N faction continues to attack the Sudanese army, and there is infighting between factions amid attempts to negotiate a surrender with the authorities.