SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – SPLM-N El Hilu seeks peace negotiations with Sudan govt

21/9/2020: Radio Dabanga – SPLM-N El Hilu seeks peace negotiations with Sudan govt

 Radio Dabanga report that the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu) seeks negotiations with the Sudanese government.

 Ammar Daldoum, the SPLM-N El Hilu Secretary General and head of the groups negotiation delegation said the group “is waiting for a new government peace negotiations team” to be formed by Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok.

 SPLM-N El Hilu withdrew from the peace negotiations, which it entered separately from the Sudan Revolutionary Front rebel alliance in protest against the government delegation chairman, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Commander Himedti.

 Separately, the SPLM-N El Hilu and the the Civil Forces Association (CFA) signed a political declaration agreeing to adopt the principle of secularism, reject a religious state in all its forms, and guarantee freedom of belief. They also agreed that no political party be established on a religious or ethnic basis.