Sudan’s Darfur rebel group to meet in Eritrea, resolve differences

Excerpt from report by Sudanese independent newspaper Al-Ayyam on 24 August by BBC Monitoring

Aug 24, 2005 (Khartoum) — A spokesperson for Darfur [rebel group] Sudan Liberation Movement [SLM] has said a meeting of SLM leaders will be held today in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, and will be aimed at resolving differences between the leader of the SLM, Abd-al-Wahid Muhammad Nur, and the SLM secretary general, Mani Arkoi Minawi.

Speaking to Al-Ayyam, Umar Isma’il said a committee of SLM leaders had given the two leaders until 5pm Wednesday [24 August] to work towards reconciliation and attend meetings “or else they will be removed from their positions”, he added. [Passage omitted]

He said the committee had told the two leaders that it was necessary for them to leave for Asmara immediately and resolve all the SLM thorny issues: “We cannot destroy the results achieved so far because of personal struggles”, he concluded.