South Sudan President Salva Kiir (left) greets the head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, in Juba on October 14, 2019 to begin peace talks.
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The Sudanese government and rebel leaders on Saturday signed a historic peace accord in Juba, which must end seventeen years of deadly war.
Representatives of the Sudanese transitional government and rebel movement, as well as Chadian, Qatari, Egyptian, African Union and United Nations diplomats attended the ceremony in the capital of neighboring South Sudan, a journalist said. from AFP.
“Today we concluded a peace agreement.
We are happy.
We have accomplished our mission, ”said South Sudanese Tutkew Gatluak, one of the mediators, shortly before the signing.
The authorities in Khartoum, a hybrid power of soldiers and civilians in place after a popular revolt that ended in April 2019 the 30-year dictatorship of Omar El-Bashir, have made peace with the rebels their priority.
Sharing power and wealth
Under the Bashir regime, rebels from ethnic minorities considered themselves marginalized in a country facing a serious economic crisis, having notably lost three quarters of its oil reserves since the independence of South Sudan.
The agreement is made up of eight protocols: land ownership, transitional justice, reparations and compensation, development of the nomadic and pastoral sector, sharing of wealth, sharing of power and return of refugees and displaced persons.
It also stipulates the eventual dismantling of armed groups and the integration of combatants into the army, which must be representative of all components of society.
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