NCP officials in South Darfur urged to support efforts to end attacks

November 11, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese interior minister urged the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) officials and tribal leaders in South Darfur state to support the government’s efforts to fight armed gangs which used to carry out criminal attacks in the state.

Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid in a meeting held in Nyala on Sunday evening with the NCP officials said that the government is prepared to crush the insurgency definitively by the end of this year, underlining that president Omer Al-Bashir is personally involved in the upcoming campaign.

He called on the party’s officials and the tribal leader to support the action of the government by denouncing robbery and tribal attacks in the state and to cooperate with the security services by communicating any information they have about the authors of these crimes.

South Darfur governor, Adam Jar Al-Nabi, accused last Saturday unnamed NCP officials of supporting tribal clashes in the state.

The minister further accused the rebel groups of causing insecurity in the region stressing that by defeating the rebellion, we would eradicate the disease”, adding after that the government will deal with the robbery and looting.

He emphasised on the need to hold accountable the authors of criminal attacks, pointing to a recent attack by unknown assailants on the convoy of Gereida commissioner in South Darfur.

(ST)