South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
November 30, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The independence of South Sudan from the North will relieve the latter from having three bad neighbors, a Sudanese diplomat said this week.
The upcoming Jan. 9 referendum, part of a peace agreement that ended decades of civil war, is likely to produce a vote in favor of secession for southern Sudan, diplomats and analysts say, but it also could be a flashpoint for renewed conflict.
This month, potentially eligible Southern Sudanese began registering for the vote inside the country and abroad.
The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) is campaigning for unity amid accusations by the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) that it is intimidating Southern voters in the North so that they pick unity.
The Amman-based Al-Arab Al-Youm newspaper cited the Sudanese ambassador in Jordan Mohamed Osman Saeed as saying that Southern Sudanese want unity but said that certain parties are applying pressure so that separation is the outcome.
However, the Sudanese diplomat said that in the event of secession the North “will gain a good neighbor and will be relieved from three lousy neighbors”.
He did not name the three countries but after the country’s breakup North Sudan will have no borders with Uganda, Kenya or the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Both Uganda and Kenya are believed to be supporters of South Sudan’s independence to the disliking of the NCP.
The ambassador who was speaking at a forum in the Jordanian capital stressed that Southerners have a 30% share in the government despite accounting for only 20% of the population. He said that the North did that in order to make unity attractive to them.
The NCP has rejected a key demand by the Sudan people Liberation Movement (SPLM) to abrogate Islamic Sharia’a law in return for supporting unity.
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Omoni Atari
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
Mr. Ambassador,
you just run of points or anything to say and you trying to come with nonsese,we southerners dont have any enemy like you do in the north,our enemy is only NCP regime, but not all northerners.Kenya, uganda, and DR congo are our brothers and sisters,and i know why you hate them, because they are not Arab nations, pure African like south sudan.
south sudan got no enemy in Africa soil,unless purporters like you[NCP].
omoni,from Natinga,s.sudan
Anyang
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
All are signs of desperation.Solution was just to abrogate islam nationwide and to stop the cultures of jihadism.Otherwise it’s too late to un-do the damage.Therefore it’s time for Southern Sudanese to say goodbye to the authoritarian government.
Diu J.Kuek
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
Very excellence step Mr Ambassador Mohamed Osman for the ecknowledement the Independence of Southern Sudan from the North.let us begin to think for the common interests between the two Nations as free trade .free movement and water agreement and so on,
And let me correct you for some quotation from your statement no single person from South Sudan call for unity and no parties put such a pressure on us for separation its what we were been fought for, put in mind please even those Southerners who recently try to campaign for unity those types of people are fooling you and they need your money ,take this as my advice to your Government don,t waste your money ,no need to mention by names but you know them personally
Diu Jieth Kuek
Obol Sam Gabriel
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3″lousy neighbor.It’s clear that shame on Kenya for hosting enemy which is suppose to be handed to the ICC while they are having quite hatred with Kenya internally i wish the Government of Kenya would have handed him to international court,and with congo their secret is well know during the war period they were getting machinary from Congo so that they have to over come the SPLM/SPLA but all in vain they failed and their relationship with Congo come to an end.No way for the NCP to make relationship with her neighbouring countries due to the poor governing.By OBOL SAM KING COLLEGE LONDON.
makuei
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
Mmmm, quite a cheap talk. What does this fellow mean by “Lousy neighbours”? Is it because States like Kenya, Uganda and DRC have never spoken in support of either Bashir or his dictatorial NCP Government?
Well, the lousy neighbours are on our (Southerners’) side. They are not “lousy” as you called them.
Chew your nonsense Mr. Ambassador.
Raphael Makuei
Delphin
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
3 Lousy neighbors?
Does Mr the Ambassador really know what Lousy mean?
Well, it means something rotten, useless, awful, and stupid.
If this how the North is treating the black people from south, I guess he has an issue, he needs to wake up and realize that we are in 21st Century. DR Congo, Uganda,and Kenya are very important neighbors to South Sudan.
M. l’Ambassadeur doit se mettre en tête qu’au 21eme siècle on ne traite JAMAIS ses voisins des bon à rien. Le temps d’esclavagisme est déjà révolu si du moins il se considérait au 19eme siècle.
Réveille-toi Mr, nous sommes au 21eme siècle.
Les voisins du sud Soudan on joué un rôle majeur pour leur frère du sud Soudan lors des toutes les guerres dans lesquelles le nord du soudan a engagé contre le sud.
L’Ouganda, Kenya et Congo ont reçu plusieurs refugiés en provenance du soudan pendant toutes les guerres civiles du Soudan.
Nous demandons a Mr. L’ambassadeur de présenter ses excuses aux 3 pays cite-haut
Deng E. Manyuon
South Sudan’s secession will rid the country from 3 “lousy neighbors”: official
Well I thought the government in the North has been a lousy, terrible and irresponsible neighbor instead.
Deng