South Sudan to Sudan: Free our citizens

He said the Sudanese delegation evaded the issue of slaves.

“The Government of Sudan is refusing the freedom of those citizens who are languishing under slavery. This is making the Sudanese state condoning slavery. This is against the international law,” Mr Amum said.

He said: “The freedom of South Sudanese will not be complete if there is one single South Sudanese in slavery anywhere,” adding that: “We are raising it to the African Union and we are taking this to United Nations.”

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, in August last year abolished a committee formed by the two sides to seek avenues through which the slaves could be freed.

Some members of the committee protested against the decision, to no avail.

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