SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan rebel leader Yassir Arman returns to Khartoum

26/5/19: Multiple sources – Sudan rebel leader Yassir Arman returns to Khartoum

• BBC

• Bloomberg, by Mohammed Alamin

Rebels opposed to Sudan’s ousted leader Omar al-Bashir visited the capital for the first time, fueling hopes the long-time president’s overthrow could resolve an eight-year conflict near the southern border that caused a humanitarian disaster.

Officials from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, including deputy chairman Yassir Arman, arrived early Sunday in Khartoum for talks with the ruling military council. The SPLM-N has fought government forces in the border states of oil-rich South Kordofan and Blue Nile since 2011, demanding greater autonomy in the wake of South Sudan’s secession.