This archive report was first published on 17 October 2019.
On October 17, 2019, the Sudan peace talks in Juba, South Sudan received a significant boost after five rebel movements signaled their intention to join the negotiations.
Days earlier, in Addis Ababa, a new alliance was formed by groups not part of the Juba Declaration, which is guiding the talks between the transition government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front.
The alliance, comprising the United Revolutionary Forces, the New Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement, the Justice and Equality Movement Democracy, the National Movement for Reform and Development, and the Kordofan Development Group, expressed readiness to negotiate for sustainable peace after meeting with Sudan Sovereign Council member Mohammed Hassan al-Ta'ayshi.
The talks in Juba entered a third day, with the parties not going beyond the initial arrangements contained in the September declaration.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir's team was preparing proposals for distribution to the parties once the RUF concluded its internal discussions, which would include power, wealth, and security arrangements.
With Egypt, Ethiopia, and Uganda backing South Sudan in the effort to end the conflicts in Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile states, hopes are high that the worst could just be behind Sudan.
