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Saturday, 18 June 2016
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a comprehensive four- month ceasefire in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, where fighting between armed rebels and government troops has left scores of casualties. Rebel fighters with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) have been battling government forces in the two southern states since 2011, in a conflict where neither side has managed to difinitively take control of the two areas. "President Bashir announced four months of ceasefire in Blue Nile and South Kordofan starting from Saturday," army spkoesman Brigadier Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami told AFP. "This gesture of good will from the government is to give the armed groups a chance to join the peace process and to surrender their arms.
The truce announced in Khartoum is intended to give rebels a chance to surrender their arms and join peace process.The SPLM-N rebel group took up arms in 2011 to fight against the inclusion of the southern states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan in Sudan [Reuters] Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a comprehensive four- month ceasefire in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, where fighting between armed rebels and government troops has left scores of casualties. Rebel fighters with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) have been battling government forces in the two southern states since 2011, in a conflict where neither side has managed to difinitively take control of the two areas. "President Bashir announced four months of ceasefire in Blue Nile and South Kordofan starting from Saturday," army spkoesman Brigadier Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami told AFP. "This gesture of good will from the government is to give the armed groups a chance to join the peace process and to surrender their arms.
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