SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Bloomberg - Cease-Fire Brings Hope of End to Sudan’s Years of Rebellion

11/9/19: Bloomberg - Cease-Fire Brings Hope of End to Sudan’s Years of Rebellion, by Okech Francis

 Bloomberg’s feature piece on the ceasefire agreed between Sudan’s government and the rebels, raises the prospect of Himedti using it as an opportunity to build support in Sudan’s peripheral regions.

 Himedti, who represented the government in the ceasefire signing ceremony,y said that “oppression has ended and the government is ready to everything to stop war in all parts of the country”.

 However, activists “remain sceptical” about Himedti’s assurance, given the speculation surrounding his political ambitions and that he may be gathering support from peripheral regions that have long accused the Khartoum government of neglect, in order to equalise his own lack of support among the Nile Valley elite who have traditionally led Sudan.