SUDAN'S MINISTER OF DEFENCE DIES IN SOUTH SUDAN

JUBA, 25 March 2020, TON: Sudan's Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Jamaleldin Omar died of in a mysterious condition in South Sudan, where he was holding peace negotiations between the government and  Dafur militant groups in Juba.

The Sudanese Army authorities said, General Omar was a member of the Sovereign Council that took power under a 39-month power-sharing deal with a civilian government after the toppling of former president Omar al-Bashir. It is being said that he suffered a heart attack.

The joint political and security arrangement was established with the support of the African Union to implement the security arrangements agrees on 27 September 2012 particularly preventing cross borders attack by militant groups.

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