SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Darfur expert: Sudan peace accord ‘a symbolic victory’

15/9/2020: Radio Dabanga - Darfur expert: Sudan peace accord ‘a symbolic victory’

 Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Ahmed Adam, a Darfuri specialist in international law and conflict resolution, highlights various risks in the Juba peace agreement: ”the most important of which are the absence of regional and international guarantees and the lack of donors and financiers,” alongside the continuing insecurity in Darfur and that two main rebel groups have not signed the agreement.

 Adam warned that “new wars may erupt in the event the implementation of the peace accord fails due to the absence of funds.”

 He also suspects that stipulations in the peace agreement concerning the restructuring of the military may not be implemented as “peace is not a priority for certain parties in the government.”

 Adam says the implementation of the peace agreement depends upon “the political will of the signatories,” further warning of “dire [if] any crack occurs in the Sudan Revolutionary Front.”