SPLM-N and Popular Defense Forces field commanders meet in South Kordofan
Army back local peace initiative while reinforcing Kadugli
Commanders of the SPLM-North (al-Hilu) met face-to-face with representatives of the Popular Defense Forces militia of Emir Kafi Tayara in South Kordofan to try to ease tensions between the two sides.
Tayara’s militia, though affiliated with the Sudan Armed Forces, is comprised of ethnic Nuba—the same as the SPLM-North.
Tayara recently received a letter fr…