On Monday 31 August, the European Union welcomed the peace agreement initialled the same day in Juba (South Sudan) by the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Sudan Revolutionary Front as “an important milestone for the ongoing democratic and economic transition of Sudan”.
The agreement, which is the culmination of a successful year of negotiations, should put an end to 17 years of civil war and makes provision for dismantling armed groups and integrating combatants into the regular...