The Commander in Chief of the faction of Sudan’s People Liberation Army North (SPLA-N) General Abdel-aziz Adam Al-Hilu declared a six-month unilateral ceasefire in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions with the Khartoum government.
SPLM-N spokesperson Arnu Ngutulu Lodi told Radio Tamazuj on Thursday that the unilateral ceasefire is effective 1st of August till January next year.
Lodi said the declaration is aimed at assuring the Sudanese people that SPLM/A-N is not for war but for just peace in accordance with the New Sudan’s vision.
He further said they are not yet engaged in negotiations with the Khartoum government, because they are busy sorting internal matters.
Reacting to a recent statement by the governor of South Kordufan State, Issa Adam Abakar that he is willing to relinquish his post to SPLM-N leader Al-Hilu, Lodi said the movement is greater than any individual and granting an individual a post in the government cannot solve the problem of Blue Nile and South Kordufan.