A Khartoum North court is expected to hold a sitting today to hear testimony from an investigator in the case of accused 25 members of the Justice and Equality Movement-Peace Wing (JEM-PW) led by Bakhit Dabajo.

The investigator in charge of the case previously confirmed that the 25 defendants hail from neighbouring South Sudan.

The South Sudanese members of the north Sudanese rebel group are charged with undermining the constitutional system, waging war against the state, and fighting against the army in South Kordofan and South Darfur states.

For his part, Sid Ahmed, a member of the defense team, told Radio Tamazuj that today’s sitting is the third session before closing the hearing of witnesses.

Ahmed said there is not sufficient evidence to charge those youths, pointing out that they joined the Justice and Equality Movement before the independence of South Sudan in 2011.

JEM-PW is a former Darfur rebel group that signed peace with the government and agreed to integrate its troops into the Sudanese army. Now, however, some of their soldiers have been detained after going to Khartoum for absorption in March.