Sudan’s transitional government and several major rebel groups have signed a peace agreement that will open humanitarian aid routes into areas cut off by insurgency and conflict for the past eight years.
The agreement,which was signed in South Sudan, includes rebel groups from Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile region.
Last week, the Khartoum government declared permanent ceasefires in all three areas.
The transitional government – in power since President Omar al Bashir was ousted last April – has vowed to reunite the country.f
