 Sudanese Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok has appointed former rebel leader, Mini Akal Minawi, as the governor of the Western Darfur region. Minawi was picked as the Darfur governor under the Juba peace agreement. Minawi, the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement. Minawi said in a tweet after his appointment that he will work with other partners to honestly implement the peace agreement. In August 2020, the Sudanese government signed a peace agreement in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, with the rebel coalition of the Sudan Revolutionary Front to end years of conflict in the Darfur region and South Kordafan and the Blue Nile states.