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Darfur peace partner denies that he was asked to leave South Sudan

January 13, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The ex-rebel leader of the largest Darfur group to sign a peace deal with Khartoum said that the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has not made any move to eject him from the semi-autonomous region where he has been residing for the last few months.

Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) leader Minni Minnawi (AFP)
Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) leader Minni Minnawi (AFP)
Earlier this month, GoSS president Salva Kiir ordered the expulsion of Darfur rebel groups in the South during a visit of Sudanese leader Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.

Kiir said his expulsion order guaranteed that “no opposition in the north shall take Juba as a base,”. Later however, the head of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Mohamed Atta said that GoSS has not followed through on its promises.

But Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) chief Minni Arcua Minnawi told the London based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper that Kiir’s directive was in reference to the armed movements that did not sign peace agreement with Khartoum.

Minnawi pointed out that during his tenure as Bashir’s senior presidential assistant, he was working alongside with Kiir in the national unity government adding that it is up to him to decide where to stay.

The SLA leader said that even if GoSS expels him it would not cause a problem because his forces are in Darfur and not in the South. He added that his military presence in Darfur is worrying the ruling National Congress Party (NCP).

The U.S. senator John Kerry who was visiting Sudan last week revealed that president Barack Obama asked Kiir not to host Darfur rebels in a bid to prevent any conflict with Khartoum during the crucial referendum process.

Minnawi was the main signatory of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in Abuja but later things soured between him and Khartoum as he alleged non-implementation. Last month, Bashir removed him from the chairmanship of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA).

The NCP said that the decision was made in light of Minnawi’s absence from Khartoum.

(ST)

6 Comments

  • Marchelo Mathang
    Marchelo Mathang

    Darfur peace partner denies that he was asked to leave South Sudan
    TO NATIONAL CRIMINAL PARTY (N.C.P)

    Why do you like Darfurian/rebells to leave Southern Sudan while they are our black African brothers who can move in the whole of Africa leave Sudan Alone and they can move peacefully without any discrimination or intimidation by any one of the African Tribes /Country because this continent of Africa belong to them except you guys are the really people who can be simply descriminated and intimidated becuase you are not African And you have no Voice in Africa, fuck OMAR BISKIIR, fuck NAFI ALI NAFI, fuck ALI OSMAN TAHA and fuck the whole of the Northern Sudanese plus their NCP(National Criminal Party)

    God bless the New Nation And our brothers Darfurians

    MototoBrown
    Tanker driver and Gunship pilot if South jopint North.

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  • Tambura
    Tambura

    Darfur peace partner denies that he was asked to leave South Sudan
    We don’t have to support any group right now, and we don’t have Darfur rebel group in south now.

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  • Stephen kuach
    Stephen kuach

    Darfur peace partner denies that he was asked to leave South Sudan
    We’re not a full independent country to support Darfur rebel,
    Its true indeed that the Darfurians are from African descendants,but if we become a full independent country, we can support them regardless of what they did to us in the past.
    King Tiger!

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