Those released included 109 government soldiers and 18 civilians, according to a statement by Sudan's army spokesman, Brigadier Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami. The decree death sentences against 44 JEM prisoners for an attack carried out on May 2008 in Khartoum's sister city, Omdurman. JEM leader Gibril Ibrahim commended the release, saying the government's move reciprocates JEM's of 264 prisoners of war in October 2016. An earlier by the SPLM-N to transfer 22 prisoners of war failed for unclear reasons in June last year. JEM Leader Gibril Ibrahim said a large number of JEM prisoners and other Darfur movements remain incarcerated, especially from two groups led by Ibrahim Almaz and Hamid Tuto.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 01, 2017 09:33 UTC