The Islamic government of Sudan has elected to take a step towards an African version of the hudna. As the Lebanese daily Al-Hayat (published in London and owned by Saudis) reported last week, the "Sudanese government announced its readiness to take 'tough and important' decisions towards a final settlement and ratified the three-month extension for a truce reached with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Sudan." Sudan, the newspaper reports, is reviewing developments in its diplomacy with Christian and Animist rebels in the south, who have been fending off the Moslem government.
At the same time, Sudan rejected accusations by Uganda that it is supporting the God's Army insurgents in the fellow African state. The Ugandan defense minister, reports al-Hayat, did not offer a hudna of any type and "warned Sudan from supporting the God's Army, saying that unless the Sudanese government stops backing up rebellions, it will face bad consequences. He also considered this incident to be a turning pint in the relations between the two countries, asserting that a special team was set to visit Khartoum to make sure the Sudanese were abiding by the protocol signed with the Ugandans."
At the same time, Sudan rejected accusations by Uganda that it is supporting the God's Army insurgents in the fellow African state. The Ugandan defense minister, reports al-Hayat, did not offer a hudna of any type and "warned Sudan from supporting the God's Army, saying that unless the Sudanese government stops backing up rebellions, it will face bad consequences. He also considered this incident to be a turning pint in the relations between the two countries, asserting that a special team was set to visit Khartoum to make sure the Sudanese were abiding by the protocol signed with the Ugandans."