Implementation of the peace agreement costs Sudan 7.5 billion dollars

Sudanese Finance Minister Heba Mohamed revealed that the implementation of the peace agreement between the government in Khartoum and the armed movements could cost $ 7.5 billion.

The Sudanese News Agency (SUNA), on its official website, quoted the minister as saying that "implementing peace is a joint responsibility and has political, security, societal and economic requirements ... It needs huge resources that are valued at at least $ 7.5 billion, which must be provided during the next ten years."

On the third of October, the government signed a peace agreement with five armed movements and five political movements mediated by South Sudan.

These movements had fought a rebellion against the regime of ousted president Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019.

The agreement includes eight protocols related to issues of land ownership, transitional justice, compensation, development of the agricultural and pastoral sector, wealth-sharing, power-sharing, and the return of refugees and displaced persons, in addition to the security protocol for integrating the movement's fighters into the government army to become an army that represents all components of the Sudanese people.

According to the signed document, the Sudanese government pledged to finance major development projects in the areas affected by the civil war.

The conflict in the Darfur region that erupted in 2003 has left about 300 thousand people dead and 2.5 million displaced people and refugees, according to United Nations data.

The war also broke out in South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions in 2001, affecting one million people.

The government pledged to pay $ 300 million for the reconstruction of Darfur, then a total of $ 1.3 billion to be paid over 10 years.

According to Sunna, the Sudanese minister explained that "the main drivers of the conflict in Sudan are systematic economic and development marginalization, especially in the countryside, and the failure to distribute the country's wealth in a fair way."

She added that this "pushed the people of the country to take up arms in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, eastern Sudan, and previously in the south."

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