Senior officials from Sudanese rebel groups have been put under house arrest in Juba after failing to comply with a decision taken by South Sudan’s government to leave its territory, multiple sources said.
Last month, South Sudan government asked Sudanese rebels to leave its territory, saying it was implementing non-aggression pact, which it signed with neighbouring Sudan.
The sources told Radio Tamazuj that about eight senior officials from two factions of Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Abdel Wahid Mohammed Nur and Minni Arko Minnawi, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and SPLM-North were placed under house arrest in Juba after failing to leave South Sudan.
For his part, Santo Domic, deputy spokesman of the SPLA forces in Juba, denied reports that the Sudanese rebels are under house arrest in Juba. He claimed that they are not supporting armed dissidents opposed to the Khartoum government.
The deal signed by the two countries demands that the two nations take no military action against each other. It also prevents hosting, arming, training and providing any logistical supports to any hostile armed group operating with the ambition to advance their cause through violence to destabilize the security situation of the other.