This archive report was first published on 20 November 2019.
On November 19, 2019, Sudan's ruling sovereign council announced that Khartoum has agreed to postpone a new round of peace talks with major rebel groups scheduled to be held in Juba this week.
The talks were initially set to begin on November 21, 2019, but Khartoum has agreed to push them back to December 10, 2019, at the request of Juba, which is mediating the negotiations.
"The government is looking forward to resume the negotiations on the new date," said Mohamed al-Taayushi, a member of the sovereign council.
These peace talks are a crucial step towards resolving the long-standing conflicts in Sudan's Darfur, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan regions.
At the first round of talks in October 2019, Khartoum agreed to allow humanitarian relief into the three war-torn states, where years of conflict have left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced.
The conflict in Darfur erupted in 2003, while similar conflicts also erupted in South Kordofan and Blue Nile during the secession of Sudan's south from the north in 2011.
