SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudanese government says it will consider proposals for a secular state

21/10/19: Multiple sources – Sudanese government says it will consider proposals for a secular state

• AP

• Sudan Tribune

 The Sudanese government’s negotiation delegation has handed over a response to a draft declaration of principles on issues to be negotiated made by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu (SPLM-N al-Hilu faction).

 Reliable sources in Juba told Sudan Tribune that the SPLM-N Al-Hilu faction raised a number of demands, including establishing a secular state and the need to consider Sudan’s diversity when it comes to sharing power.

 The SPLM-N Al-Hilu faction warned that they may fight for self-determination in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile in the event of failure to respond to these demands. In 2017, al-Hilu broke away from SPLM-N faction led by Malik Agar because they did not take into account his demand to include this threat if Khartoum refuses to repeal Islamic laws.