Sudan and main rebel group start peace talks in Juba Khartoum’s transitional government has been engaging in peace talks with rebel groups over the past two years. Thursday 27/05/2021 A 2020 file photo shows Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, centre right and the Sudan Liberation Movement-North leader, Abdel-Aziz al-Hilu, holding up hands in the remote town of Kauda, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. (AP) CAIRO — Sudan’s transitional government and the main rebel group kicked off a new round of peace talks Wednesday, officials said, the latest effort to end a decades-long conflict in the East African country. South Sudan President Salva Kiir is hosting the talks between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Popular Liberation Movement-North, led by Abdel-Aziz al-Hilu.