July 13, 2020 -The Media Secretary of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Nour Al-Daeem Taha, has announced that the proposals submitted by the South Sudanese mediation team and the peace delegation in Khartoum, have been accepted by the negotiating parties.
However, Juba negotiations focus on 5 tracks, including the Darfur region, where the Sudanese government and armed movements reached late April, an agreement on the region’s proportion of oil and mineral resources.
In early 2003, two armed groups have waged war in Darfur against the Government of Sudan. These groups, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), began the war with attacks on towns, government facilities and civilians in Darfur. Several hundred
policemen were murdered and more than eighty police stations were destroyed in attacks. This resulted in a security vacuum which further distorted civil society in Darfur with numerous communities responding in their own ways. The conflict subsequently spiraled out of control and has
resulted in many deaths and the displacement of 2.5 million of civilians in Sudan. Many others have fled into neighboring Chad.
“$750 million was approved each year for a period of 10 years for a fund to support peace in Darfur, provided that a sovereign guarantee is available to pay the amount, or $ 500 million annually for a period of 10 years with a sovereign guarantee and the approval of the investment project presented by Darfur track negotiators, and that should be under joint supervision between the center and the Darfur
region” Taha concluded.