Roundtable discussion: Impact of sustainable Peace in Sudan and South Sudan

The final signing of a peace agreement between Sudan's government and rebel groups is set to took place this weekend on 3 October 2020 in the South Sudanese capital Juba.

Sudanese authorities and leaders from the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a coalition of rebel groups, initialed a historic peace agreement on August 31 in Juba aimed at ending nearly two decades of conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, particularly in western Darfur

Reaching a peace accord with rebel groups has been a priority of Sudan's transitional government, which came to power after the April 2019 ouster of long-time leader Omar al-Bashir following months of mass protests.

The deal covers key issues around security, land ownership, transitional justice, power sharing and the return of people who fled their homes because of fighting. It also provides for the dismantling of rebel forces and the integration of their fighters into the national army.

Among other things, the provinces of Blue Nile, South Kordofan and West Kordofan will be grantee self-rule, according to a draft of the agreement.
Dr. James Okuk, a political analyst and Andrea Mach Mabior sat on the Roundtable to talk about the impact of a stainable Peace in Sudan and South Sudan