March 8 - 2021 KHARTOUM The three rebel leaders sworn in as members of the Sovereignty Council in front of Sovereignty Council president Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan and Chief Justice Nemat Abdallah Kheir (SUNA) Rebel leaders Malik Agar, El Hadi Idris, and El Taher Hajar have been sworn in as members of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council yesterday. Their appointment is part of the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement, signed by the Sudanese government and a number of rebel movements in the South Sudanese capital Juba in October 2020. El Hadi Idris, chairman of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel alliance and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council (SLM-TC), said in a press statement following the ceremony that Sudan is passing through “a delicate historical stage and faces great challenges which require the cooperation of different partners”. Implementing the Juba Peace Agreement is a priority for the democratic transformation, he added.