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Sudan's Govt, Rebels to Sign Final Peace Deal on Oct. 2

Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (File Photo: Reuters)
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (File Photo: Reuters)
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Sudan's Govt, Rebels to Sign Final Peace Deal on Oct. 2

Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (File Photo: Reuters)
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (File Photo: Reuters)

The Sudanese government and armed groups have agreed to sign a final peace deal on October 2 in Juba. The event will be attended by Arab, regional and international officials, announced South Sudan mediation committee.

Sudanese government and leaders from the coalition of rebel groups initialed a historic peace agreement on August 31 to end nearly decades of conflict. The agreement was a success for the South Sudan government in mediating and convincing the Sudanese factions to end the war and solve the issues peacefully.

The head of the mediation team and South Sudan's presidential adviser on security affairs, Tut Gatluak, is expected to arrive within days in Khartoum accompanied by a delegation of the leaders of the armed movements that signed the agreement. They will discuss the details of the agreement and pave the way for the leaders to return to their country after decades of civil wars.

However, two main movements did not sign a peace agreement, Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) led by Abdul Wahid al-Nur.

Last week, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok made a remarkable breakthrough by holding lengthy meetings with Hilu in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. They signed a declaration of principles agreeing to hold new peace talks hosted by South Sudan.

Negotiations between the transitional government and the SPLM-N al-Hilu were suspended over the latter's demand to discuss the secular state and self-determination within the peace process.

Hilu then demanded that a civilian negotiating delegation, and refused to negotiate with the delegation headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemeti.

The Sudan Liberation Army is still refusing to negotiate and the South Sudan mediation appealed to it to adhere to the peace agreement.

The movement’s spokesman, Mohammed al-Nayer, issued a statement saying that the government of Sudan must create the atmosphere and prove its seriousness in reaching a real, just, comprehensive, and sustainable peace.

The statement also called for the immediate implementation of international decisions issued against the former regime, handing over wanted persons to the International Criminal Court (ICC), releasing all prisoners and detainees, and disarming government militias.

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MSF Suspends Operations at Key Hospital in Sudan's Capital

FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
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MSF Suspends Operations at Key Hospital in Sudan's Capital

FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Medical aid agency MSF said on Friday it has been forced to suspend its activities at one of the few remaining hospitals in southern Khartoum due to repeated attacks, cutting off yet another lifeline for those who remain in the Sudanese capital.
War has been raging in Sudan since April 2023, sparked by a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule, triggering the world's largest displacement and hunger crisis.
The hospital, which lies in territory controlled by the RSF, helped treat the victims of frequent airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces, as well as hundreds of malnourished women and children in an area where two neighborhoods have been judged at risk of famine, reported Reuters.
"In the 20 months MSF teams have worked alongside hospital staff and volunteers, Bashair Hospital has experienced repeated incidents of armed fighters entering the hospital with weapons and threatening medical staff, often demanding fighters be treated before other patients," MSF said in a statement.
"Despite extensive engagements with all stakeholders, these attacks have continued in recent months. MSF has now taken the very difficult decision to suspend all medical activities in the hospital."
The fighting in Sudan has cut off up to 80% of hospitals in conflict areas, where millions who cannot afford to escape the violence remain. Civilians face frequent air and artillery fire and hunger as supplies are blocked by both warring parties and prices skyrocket.
Medical facilities, including MSF-supported ones that have suspended operations, have frequently come under attack by RSF soldiers demanding treatment or looting supplies. Bashair Hospital has served more than 25,000 people, MSF said, including 9,000 hurt by blasts, gunshot wounds, and other violence.
"Sometimes dozens of people arrived at the hospital at the same time after shelling or airstrikes on residential areas and markets," MSF said in the statement, citing an incident on Sunday where an airstrike one kilometer away drove 50 people to the emergency room, 12 of them already dead.