SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Rebel leader El Hilu: ‘There are new people in Khartoum’

27/10/19: Radio Dabanga - Rebel leader El Hilu: ‘There are new people in Khartoum’

 Radio Dabanga reports that the leader of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction (SPLM-N El Hilu) in South Kordofan, Abdelaziz El Hilu, has voiced his optimism about the ruling Sovereign Council after it authorised a UN World Food Programme (WFP) visit to Kauda in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains.

 During a speech at the SPLM-N stronghold in Kauda, El Hilu said that by allowing the visit of the WFP’s Executive Director David Beasly to the area, the Sovereign Council was “sending a strong message in building trust between the armed movement and the government.”

 El Hilu stated that the permission given to the WFP “confirms that the old mentality of the ousted regime of Al Bashir has gone with him and there are new people in Khartoum.”

 El Hilu also praised the government’s announcement of a ceasefire as a strong message to build confidence between them and the rebels.