Sudanese community urges British role to end Abyei row
June 1, 2008 (LONDON) — Sudanese community urged the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to play a role in order to find a resolution for row over Abyei between the two peace partners.
“The Sudanese Community in the UK, in Solidarity with the people of Abyei, is appealing to Her Majesty’s Government to help end the bloody conflict, which is killing their friends and family in Abyei in Sudan.” Said a statement issued today in London.
Members of the Sudanese community in the UK will march on Saturday 7 June to 10 Downing St to hand a petition the British Prime Minister urging greater involvement to end the conflict between the northern and southern ruling parties over Abyei.
The US special envoy Richard Williamson who is visiting Sudan said on Sunday he would shuttle between northern and southern leaders in a bid to resolve the crisis in Abyei where deadly clashes have sparked fears of a new civil war.
Following the deadly fighting that led to the control of the area by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), 50,000 to 60,000 people had fled to Agok, 25 km south of Abyei, and neighbouring villages, while another 10,000 were believed to have walked south toward the town of Turalei, the IOM said.
A south Sudanese resident of Birmingham said, “My brother-in-law was killed in Abyei during the fighting between SAF and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. The area is oil-rich and the Sudan Armed forces are murdering south Sudanese Ngok Dinka people for these resources”.
Spokesperson Dr. Zacharia Bol Deng added: “The international community must act to put decisive diplomatic pressure on Khartoum. There is an opportunity here for the UK to take an humanitarian and non-violent lead.”
Since June 2005, the National Congress Party rejects the implementation of Abyei Boundary Commission saying it didn’t respect its mandate related to the definition of 1905 border between Kordofan and Bahr el-Gazal. A matter that the experts deny.
Therefore, the former warring armies of SAF and the SPLA kept their troops in the oil rich area and omnipresent tension led to the last month clashes between the two parties.
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Pothwei Apet Bangoshoth
Sudanese community urges British role to end Abyei row
My dear fellows Sudanese in UK
Keep moving on until you reach your entended distination with the British prime minister MR, Brown. He has knowldege about the Sudanese conflict because, Sudan was colonized by the great Britain during the colonial days. We all remember that when they left our beloved country, they handed over the full authority of the country to the northerners. They thought that southerners were not ready for cicilization. So, the root of the Sudanese problem has begun when British left the country. Their involvement to solve our country problem is not a big deal currently because we have struggled for a long period of time without any support from them. What we need is to maintain our international relations with them. We can request help from them but if they don’t respond, we will keep strugggling utill we prevail. They have to understand that they played a negative role by ignoring southerners participation in the country administration before giving Sudan its independent in 1956. Finally, I support your move and I welcome their support if they offer it to us.
Justin Chicago opiny
Sudanese community urges British role to end Abyei row
Well, the British are the main causes of the problem of sudan. They were suppose to be the first country to intervern in any situation between North sudan and south sudan. It was the British that transfered Abyei to Kordufan in 1905 administratively so they should stand by people of Abyei to clear the the situation. The British must get involved in this because they started it all.