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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Khalid Abdelaziz

Sudanese civilian groups ask U.N. to help contain paramilitary forces

FILE PHOTO: Protesters march during a rally against military rule following the last coup, in Khartoum, Sudan September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

Sudanese pro-democracy groups are about to ask the country's United Nations mission to help them integrate a paramilitary force and former rebel factions into a unified army, or disarm and demobilise them, a draft letter seen by Reuters shows.

The letter, drafted by the Confederation of Sudanese Civil Society Organizations, is backed by the main political groups sidelined in an October 2021 coup that ended a power-sharing arrangement between civilians and the military, its authors said.

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