Unity governor says north Sudan army still present
January 15, 2008 ( JUBA) — Troops from northern Sudan are hiding in southern Sudan in defiance of a peace deal requirement to withdraw, a southern official said in the local press Tuesday.
“The information we have from different sources is that (the army) has abandoned their barracks but they still have forces in the bushes of the state,” Taban Deng Gai, governor of the southern Unity State told a state security meeting, The Citizen newspaper reported.
The southern army deputy chief of staff Major General Hoth Mai also said northern troops were still present in the south.
Tuesday, the south said northern troops had left occupied areas in the oil- rich south as part of a deal that brought southern ministers back to the unity government after resigning in October.
Troops from the ex-rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army had started heading south ahead of an initial July 9, 2007 deadline, but halted their movement at signs that the northern troops were not reciprocating.
Thursday, Mai said the former rebels had been moving in the past month but that the withdrawal had been tough owing to the absence of roads.
He said the withdrawal of 7,000 troops from Blue Nile, a northern state that borders the south, is “100% complete.”
The ex-rebels also had 5,000 troops in the Nuba Mountains. Hoth said their withdrawal was complete save for less than 100 troops, who would reach the southern areas late Thursday or Friday.
Transport problems have also slowed the march of northern troops to their side of the border. They have been moving since Jan. 7, but some were reported to have reached the border only Wednesday.
As both sets of troops continued to slog it out through the jungle, the respective withdrawals were deemed officially complete on Jan. 9, to coincide with the third anniversary of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended Africa’s longest-running civil war.
(AFP)
James James
Unity governor says north Sudan army still present
I don’t understsnd which type of greed is in Arab ? how can they dare to cry on somedoby’s land even when the locals don’t want to see them there.
Please tell them to leave in peace before we talk to our witchdoctors to send our fierce snakes to fight them.
Bye bye Arab folks, have good trip to Egype.
Samson Liberty
Unity governor says north Sudan army still present
The hiding of the reminants of SAF in the bushes of the South is not a solution behind the agreement.Two things may be reckoned,whether the plan to hide behind was a strategy or the hide out refused to move to the North or they are Southerners.The security arrangement was clear, thus the Joint Defence Board (JDB),the Political Monitoring Committe (PMC)and the Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Committe (CJMC)Which comprises of the SAF,SPLA and the UNMIS/United Nations Millitary Observers.All these political and millitary observers handle the verification reports before withdrawal of forces and after.There is nothing that shall remain unturn after the Observers assessment and final report.No worry or doubt every inch is counted.
Joseph Chol DeMakuei Deny
Unity governor says north Sudan army still present
Dear Sudanese,
The report is really a bad news for those who are monitoring the nation media. actually the deal was about to be completed with the third universary of CPA, but if such thing is still at the Bush of Bentiu then, the owner of the bush must have to sign another CPA or he must chase them away immdiatelly, because hiding under bush is violation of CPA,
i guessed.
Some of my friends has wriitten very strong comment concentrating on bad arab Tactics,
but, to be accurate no real arab clans in south, except their supporters who are from the South black clans, those supporters needs to be convince through dialogue.
My advise to those Southerners under SAF who are hiding in Bantiu Bush is to make sure that we are in need of them, south will take us all.
But if you are still ruuning after NIF Politics then, the time will come when we will forget that you are our Brothers, and every thing will be in order at that time.