By RFIPosted on 10-01-2020Modified on 10-01-2020 at 00:13
A historic visit to Sudan, that of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Thursday in the region of the Nuba mountains, in the province of South Kordofan. This province is one of the country's three conflict zones with Darfur and the Blue Nile. The Prime Minister was accompanied by a large delegation, including the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, David Beasley.
It has been 9 years since a member of the government in Khartoum had not set foot in this region controlled by the SPLM North rebels.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by a government delegation and responsible for the World Food Program. The aim is to expand humanitarian access to areas cut off from the rest of the country by the conflict.
But the displacement of the Sudanese Prime Minister is also highly symbolic. It is for the government to show that it is reengaging in the three regions that have always felt marginalized, Darfur , Blue Nile and South Kordofan, at a time when discussions are underway between the Sudanese government and nine groups rebels in order to hostilities.
Because even if the country has a new transitional government, the problem of these three conflict regions has not yet been resolved. The rebel movements demand that their demands be taken into account before recognizing the new power.
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