Rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), a South Sudanese anti-government force, patrol around their base on September 22, 2018, in Panyume, South Sudan, near the border with Uganda. PHOTO | SUMY SADURNI | AFP
A decade since South Sudan split from the northern rump state, old comrades left behind in Sudan still continue their fight against Khartoum -- despite strongman Omar al-Bashir's overthrow in 2019.
Holdout rebel commander Abdelaziz al-Hilu leads a faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and first took up arms 36 years ago, battling what he said was the marginalisation of African minorities by an Islamist and Arab-dominated government.
