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UN: Sudan Needs Help to Guide Transition to Democracy

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - Progress is being made in Sudan's transition to a democratic
   government, but the process could relapse without international support
   and guidance, a U.N. investigator warned.

   The U.N. independent expert on human rights in Sudan, Aristide Nononsi,
   said that since his report last year, there have been some welcome
   developments and efforts by the transitional government to address
   systemic human rights and rule-of-law concerns in the African country.

   Commitments have been made to tackle impunity and to improve access to
   justice, he said. He also welcomed the initialing of the peace
   agreement on August 31 to end the conflicts in Sudan, but urged two
   holdout armed groups to join that agreement.

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