No more self-determination for other regions in Sudan: VP
July 5, 2013, (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese vice president, Al-Haj Adam Youssef, has categorically rejected the idea of secession for any part of Sudan and said that it will take place only “over our dead bodies”, predicting that the rainy season will witness the end of the armed rebellion in Sudan.
Adam, who was addressing a rally organized by the women of South Kordofan state in Khartoum yesterday, called upon the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N) leader, Abd Al-Aziz al-Hilu, and other arms bearers to learn the lesson from their predecessors and lay down arms and join peace.
He accused the international community of turning a blind eye to human rights violations committed by the rebel groups, urging South Kordofan’s women to launch a campaign calling for the return of those who were seduced to join the rebellion.
Adam further stressed that the government did not overcome the rebellion in South Kordofan by the power of arms or rockets but the unity of the people in the state.
South Kordofan’s conflict erupted in June 2011 when Sudan attempted to forcibly disarm SPLM-N fighters it accuses of being backed by their brother-in-arms in the South Sudanese army.
Last April, SPLM and its allies in the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) extended their attacks to Um Rawaba in North Kordofan state before moving and briefly occupying Abu-Kershola in South Kordofan on the border with North Kordofan state.
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