Sudanese government extends ceasefire for six months
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Elisabeth Janaina
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Sudanese government extends ceasefire for six months
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Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir speaks, during a meeting of the NCP
Shura Council in Khartoum on October 21, 2016 (ST Photo)
January 15, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese Council of Ministers on Sunday
has decided to extend the unilateral cessation of hostilities in war
zones for six months.
The Sudanese army has been fighting the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement/North (SPLM-N) rebels in Blue Nile and South Kordofan, also
known as “Two Areas” since 2011 and a group of armed movements in
Darfur since 2003.
In June 2016, President Omer al-Bashir declared a unilateral
four-month cessation of hostilities. In December, he extended the
ceasefire for one month following a two-month extension declared in
October.
According to the official news agency SUNA, the Sudanese cabinet held
an extraordinary session on Sunday headed by al-Bashir and decided to
extend the ceasefire for six months.
The government decision appears to be part of a roadmap agreement
between Khartoum and Washington that prompted the latter to ease the
economic sanctions imposed on Sudan since 1997.
On Friday, the outgoing US President Barack Obama signed an executive
order to ease sanctions against Sudan enabling trade and investment
transactions to resume with the east African nation.
He said the move intends to acknowledge Sudan’s efforts to reduce
internal conflicts, improve humanitarian access to people in need and
curtail terrorism.
It is noteworthy that the SPLM-N, the Sudan Liberation Movement-Minni
Minnawi (SLM-MM), and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in
October extended for six months the unilateral cessation of
hostilities in Darfur, Blue Nile and south Kordofan they declared in
October 2015 and April of this year.
Following six days of talks in Addis Ababa last August, the armed
movements and the government failed to conclude a deal on the security
arrangements and humanitarian access in Darfur and the Two Areas
prompting the African Union mediation to suspend the talks
indefinitely.
(ST)
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Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir speaks, during a meeting of the NCP
Shura Council in Khartoum on October 21, 2016 (ST Photo)
January 15, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese Council of Ministers on Sunday
has decided to extend the unilateral cessation of hostilities in war
zones for six months.
The Sudanese army has been fighting the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement/North (SPLM-N) rebels in Blue Nile and South Kordofan, also
known as “Two Areas” since 2011 and a group of armed movements in
Darfur since 2003.
In June 2016, President Omer al-Bashir declared a unilateral
four-month cessation of hostilities. In December, he extended the
ceasefire for one month following a two-month extension declared in
October.
According to the official news agency SUNA, the Sudanese cabinet held
an extraordinary session on Sunday headed by al-Bashir and decided to
extend the ceasefire for six months.
The government decision appears to be part of a roadmap agreement
between Khartoum and Washington that prompted the latter to ease the
economic sanctions imposed on Sudan since 1997.
On Friday, the outgoing US President Barack Obama signed an executive
order to ease sanctions against Sudan enabling trade and investment
transactions to resume with the east African nation.
He said the move intends to acknowledge Sudan’s efforts to reduce
internal conflicts, improve humanitarian access to people in need and
curtail terrorism.
It is noteworthy that the SPLM-N, the Sudan Liberation Movement-Minni
Minnawi (SLM-MM), and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in
October extended for six months the unilateral cessation of
hostilities in Darfur, Blue Nile and south Kordofan they declared in
October 2015 and April of this year.
Following six days of talks in Addis Ababa last August, the armed
movements and the government failed to conclude a deal on the security
arrangements and humanitarian access in Darfur and the Two Areas
prompting the African Union mediation to suspend the talks
indefinitely.
(ST)
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