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Two decades since a devastating genocide began, Darfur is still plagued by violence and displacement.

[Headnote] The genocide in Darfur was long in the making and is a result of many factors, including population explosion, distribution of resources, [...]

Sudanese leader reaffirms his governments commitment to work with signatories to Juba peace deal to fully implement matrix for lasting peace in Sudan.

A one-day meeting of the Concerned Initiatives for Community and Social Development in collaboration with Civil Society Organisations has

Doubts surrounding the "framework agreement" by all parties remain the biggest hurdle to its implantation.

The parties and groups that signed the Framework Agreement with the military junta in Khartoum on December 5 say they reject the Egyptian initiative for an inter-Sudanese dialogue platform to be held in Cairo. “The dialogue process was agreed upon in advance and cannot be changed at the last moment,” a spokesperson said.

Sudan’s Forces for Freedom and Change-Democratic Block (FFC-DB) faction has announced its support for the Egyptian initiative to open a platform for a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue in Cairo. However, the mainstream Forces for Freedom and Change Central Council (FFC-CC) reject the idea.

According to financial analyst Hafiz Ismail, the current Minister of Finance should be dismissed. A new government is to review his finance policies “that turned into collecting fees and taxes without providing services”. Various fees were increased on Monday.

According to economist Awadallah Mousa the statements of the Minister of Finance about the Sudanese economy on Saturday “are nothing more than a public political speech”. Mousa considers the statements of Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim on the Sudanese economy during his address to a crowd in Hasaheisa in El Gezira on Saturday, as an attempt “to raise the morale, but they are imperceptible”.

The head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, warned that exclusion, minimising the role of others, not listening to their demands, and imposing the will of specific groups will lead to wasting the current opportunity, and will put the unity and security of the country in great danger.