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The power-sharing government of Sudan and the main Sudanese rebel groups signed a peace agreement with the aim of resolving decades of conflict that have left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced. Following a preliminary agreement in August, the parties, including two factions from West Darfur and one from the south, took a bigger step on Saturday in a televised signing ceremony that included pageantry and pageantry. The ceremony was joined by the presidents of Chad and Ethiopia, the prime ministers of Egypt and Uganda, representatives of regional bodies and the US special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan. The agreement requires that the rebels join the country’s security forces, have political representation and receive economic and territorial rights. A new fund for the impoverished regions of the south and west will pay $ 750 million a year for 10 years and guarantee displaced people the right to return to their homes. Reaching a deal with the rebels has been a crucial goal for Sudan’s transitional government, which assumed its role after the April 2019 overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir. The largest rebel group, the powerful North Sudan People’s Liberation Movement led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, is not part of the agreement, but is now at the negotiating table.
