UN Mission launches political transition talks in Sudan

By MAWAHIB ABDALLATIF

A UN Mission on Saturday announced the official launch of a reform programme meant to sustain the country’s journey to be a full democracy.

The programme aims at supporting Sudanese stakeholders to reach an agreement, emerge from the current political crisis and agree on a sustainable path of progress towards democracy and peace, said Volker Peretz, the head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission to Sudan (UNITAMS) and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General.