Sudan peace deal with rebel groups signals lasting change
Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah, South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok greet people during the singing of the Sudan peace deal with rebels groups in Juba, South Sudan, on August 31, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Sudan’s transitional government on Monday signed a peace deal with rebel groups, in what donors and activists said signals a permanent end to the decades-old civil war.
The Sudanese parties crowned marathon negotiations that lasted more than a year in Juba, South Sudan, which mediated the talks.