Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
By Julius N. Uma
December 10, 2011 (JUBA) — Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Saturday pledged his country’s commitment towards addressing South Sudan’s post-independence challenges, and assured the latter of the full support of the international community.
The former British premier remained cautious when asked about the main purpose of his visit, but instead he focused on the enormous challenges facing Africa’s new nation.
Blair’s visit comes amidst growing tension between South Sudan and its northern neighbour, and fears that both nations risk going back to war.
The former British premier said his mission was to extend the spirit of the Blair Commission for Africa; a charity organisation, which was established by the British government to examine and provide impetus for development in Africa.
The Commission, initiated in 2004 currently works with 17 African leaders to deliver effective implementation of existing international commitments towards Africa through generation of new ideas for development.
Born in May 1953, Charles Lynton Blair, a member of the country’s Labour party, served as UK’s prime minister from 1997 to 2007.
During his tenure, however, he was widely criticised for his support for the foreign policy of US President George W. Bush’s war against terror, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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omoni jr.
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Tony Blair and George W.Bush are good people.
They fight war on Terror and HIV/AIDS in the world.
mohammed ali
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Tony Blair and George Bush are the most hated people in their own countries because they are liars!
omoni jr.
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
There we go..
Bro Ali.
can you prove that sir?Nobody hate Bush and Blair in their respective countries .
pabaak
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Mahomed Ali, what about the world class war criminals Most wanted men are they beloved in Khartoum?
Peter Marko
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
@ Ali
President Bush, and Premier Minster, Tony Bliar, zaatkom ah. so bro that is the way it is. Thanks God, President Bush ma naak your master, he just tbtb jabaato al-kibier dh. you know what I am talking about ya ibn al-bitnaaka, ya arth, ya wathy ibn al-wathy. Ashoop piekom youm, ya awallad al-shramieth.
Gunkills
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
British has hand in South Sudanese their suffering. Khartoum promise British, they will granted South Sudanese self determination during Independence which Khartoum didn’t do so and British fail to follow up Khartoum to fulfill their promise. Anyway, the former British PM his move is highly welcome by citizens of RoSS.
Sam.Eto
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Tony Blair and George W.Bush are good people.
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Yes Master !!
Green
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
These journalists in S.Sudan need more training! They made alot of mistakes and when people correct them, they dont like that.British Former PM, not “premier”! title are matters in western world both in writing and speaking! Get titles correctly. you will have bit of prolem with some leaders! address people with correct titles. you adress him now wrongly! premier is defferent title!
Gunkills
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
@Green
I agreed with you.
Gabriel KK
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
British is the cause of war in sudans otherwise they must intervene in Abyei issues becuase they are the ones who took it to North.
SSLA/M Supporter
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Western governments, their leaders and politicians are double-dealers, especially when it comes to the third world countries! They are reason behind all the conflicts we are experiencing in Africa and the rest of the third world, either directly or indirectly through their bias policies towords the region e.g. by supporting corrupted regimes that safeguard their interests and further their….con
SSLA/M Supporter
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
hidden, malicious agendas in our black continent and beyond! They are happy only to see us in crisis so that their hypocrite media start to advertise those horrible and humiliating pictures of starving or malnourished African children on their national TV screens! While their hypocrite leaders and politicians talk about aiding Africans, just to create false positive images of themselves as ….con
SSLA/M Supporter
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
competent and caring leaders, in the eyes of their masses and the rest of the world! They want to keep us busy thinking only about what to eat so that we remain backward forever, so as to always look up at them as our redeemers! They make us loss our self-confident and dignity,and thus we begin to under estimate ourselves and start to falsely imagine ourselves as third class citizens of the world!
SSLA/M Supporter
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
If they really want us to develop and become like the rest of the world, then why did they kill The King Gadhafi of Libyan, CEO of African Union and pan Africa organisations, that was about to use his country’s wealth to get Africans out of poverty and reliance on western aid? Why they didn’t allow headquarter of the so-called African Union to be in Libya? Isn’t because it would have been totally.
SSLA/M Supporter
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
independent of their influence!If the west genuinely wants to help us, then let it stop being bias towards our internal policies, provides us with expertise and equipment for modern intensive farming in the form of fertilizers, farming machineries etc.! So that we can independently produce our food and become self-sufficient! Otherwise, let them not fool us!
mohammed ali
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Omni, Tony was forced to resign from his post , which was taken by Gordon Brown.What proof you want more than that..forced by his party to resign from prime minister post and he resigned because he lied and he knew that he was lying about WMD!This lead to the death of one the best British scientists.Bush was making a huge public relation campagin to improve his image, even after he left office..co
mohammed ali
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
..He did not appear with the republican candidate during the last election, because of the negative effect that he would have inflected on the voters.
mohammed ali
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Marko, I wouldn’t expect a better language from you than this! Probably this the language which you here from father when he fight with your mother and sisters because she looking after them well and doing her “Business” as usual!
mohammed ali
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Gunkills, not only that, britain had blocked any human relationship or natural interaction between north and south. They open the borders only after they saw the seeds of hatred and suspicion and after that they annexed the South to the north after there were mountains of mistrust and suspicion.They told southerner that they could be enslaved while have enslaved all of AFRICA
mohammed ali
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Pabbak, he is one of us, simply one of us, and we will not allow any white man court to touch him.He stopped the war and gave you want and what promised.Why are are you bothered with him he is no longer your president.
dyna
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
If the West really wanted to help Africa and not use it I think we would know!
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P.K.M
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
UK and South Sudan corporation is welcome.
Wen De David Kuol
Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
In African Saying, Please be very careful when sharinmg the Callabage gout filled with pouridge with the tooothless person….. Looks at British coming like leopard, and they the colonial Master who should led the Negiotation for Peace in Sudan. Failure of Tony Blair as casue the Brak up of Sudan. Comming to SOuth Sudan for his company??? Where is Boundaries of State to Trade in ??? Instead of Com