It was reported that Sudan’s transitional authorities and rebel leaders have signed a peace deal on Saturday, 3 October 2020. The peace deal was initiated in August between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (a coalition of several rebel groups) with the aim of ending Sudan’s decades-long civil war. The agreement has been an important goal for the transitional government which took over power after ex-president Omar al-Bashir was overthrown by the military after a popular uprising in April 2019. The Sudanese authorities hope that the peace deal would revive the country’s battered economy by reducing military spending which takes most of the country’s budget. The ceremony was attended by President Salva Kiir of South Sudan whose country gained independence from Sudan in 2011 following decades of civil war. Also Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan (head of Sudan’s sovereign council) and his deputy Gen. Mohammed Hamadan Dagalo attended the ceremony. Hamadan Dagalo (the commander of paramilitary Rapid Support Forces) signed the peace deal with rebel leaders. Several foreign officials including Donald Booth (the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan), Moussa Faki (African Union chairman), Mustafa Madbouly (Egyptian Prime Minister), other African and Arab officials also attended the peace deal ceremony. In the agreement, the southern provinces of Blue Nile, South Kordofan and West Kordofan were granted self-rule while the rebel forces would be integrated into Sudan’s armed forces.
Source: Viewers Corner News.