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Sudan to sign peace deal with rebel group

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok looks on during a visit to a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in El-Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur state, on November 4, 2019. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP

By  Mawahib Abdallatif

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Nation Media Group

Sudan’s transitional government is set to sign a peace deal with rebel movements to formally accommodate the fighters in the mainstream administration.

The ceremony due on Monday in the South Sudanese capital, Juba,  means that the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) will take positions in the transitional government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, as well as have its fighters gradually integrated in the military. South Sudan has been mediating the talks.

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