Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
May 24, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People Liberation Movement agreed to pull pack their forces in the oil rich region of Abyei.
Machar was speaking to reporters following his meeting with 2nd Vice president Ali Osman Taha to discuss ways to resolve the crisis.
The Southern official also said he made a number of proposals and said that the meeting concluded that the Abyei protocol should be implemented and creating a new joint administrative body in the region.
The border area between North and South Sudan witnessed the most violent clashes last week between Sudanese army and SPLA that left at least 22 people killed and scores injured.
Aid workers, U.N. and Sudanese officials have described the town as devastated, with the market area burned to the ground and the majority of its population displaced.
The sticky issue of Abyei was left undetermined in the Comprehensive Agreement (CPA) signed between the North and South in 2005.
However under a protocol which was part of the CPA, a commission known as the Abyei Boundaries Commission (ABC) was to “define and demarcate the area of the nine Ngok Dinka Chiefdoms transferred to Kordofan in 1905, referred to herein as Abyei Area”.
However the president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir said that the NCP is committed to the Abyei Protocol only with the border of 1905. He further said the government is not concerned with the ABC report and that the latter is of no value to them.
Machar revealed that he agreed with Taha on activating joint commission in charge of the Unity state and Southern Kordofan.
Earlier today the SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum cautioned that Sudan is “on the brink” of a new civil war and accused the Sudanese army of massing troops around Abyei.
“I’m sure this will get a response from the SPLA. The only logical common sense is to demilitarize the area, deploy U.N. forces into the area, then after that we can proceed to deploy fresh joint integrated forces into the area” he said.
SPLA deployed its units in Eastern Sudan troops to the area and Sudanese army deployed troops from southern Sudan.
According to the CPA the UNAMIS had to be deployed but the two parties have so far rejected that.
The SPLM signed a peace deal in January 2005 with the government of the National Congress Party in January 2005 ending two decades of civil war in Southern Sudan. The peace deal made the SPLM, the ruling party in the south and the NCP the ruling party in the north.
In 2011, southerners will be asked to vote in a referendum on whether they want to be independent or remain part of Sudan. In the same year Abyei will hold a separate referendum on whether to retain its special administrative status in the north or join the south.
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Kim Deng
Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
This is the first step towards Abyie issue, but which side will be responsible for the damage/destruction of the town?
About 75% of the twon was completly burned down to ash. I wish Deng Majok still alive so that he can face his action.
yol gatleak
Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
bravo Machar!
the step you have taken to have discussion on the issue of Abyei with NCP is an initiative to solve and implement Abyei protocol.
please let the Ncp and its armed malicious be responsible for the detruction of Abyei town.
Ruai Malual Jal
Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
First of all I would like to thank Dr.Riek Machar, the GOSS Vice president and deputy chairman of the SPLM that he negotiate the Abyei issue in good faith with Taha, and they agreed that to end the military escalation in Abyei.
so as a people of Sudan we need to sit down and find peacefull solution to our country including Darfur.
I can appeal to Dr. Riek Machar and Taha to see peacefull way that can end the conflict in Darfur because we need peace in all parts of Sudan.
PLease Machar and Taha keep the spirit of peace in our country.
Jacob Nhial Chan
Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
Thanks Machar, for the facts both you and Osman Tah agreed on Abyei crisis. By than never forgot to say Abyei belong to South
Deng Akol Agut-tungdoun
Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
Oh God! help! help! HELP!!!!!!!,
Help this gaint confused country of ours. A country leaded by empty headed son of a bitch, the so call president Bashier is really confusing the country.
Look here you,those who claim to be arabs and in arabs world are calls abid. Your bashier is burying you alive without you knowing that. Yes,he is confusing you but after the confusion he will go to UAE-right away BECOUSE HIS MOTHER CAME FROM THERE. The question is: where will you go AFTER THE CONFUSION?. Am saying all these becouse you people blindly suported Bashier stupid idea of burning all the African villages as he did in Darfur and he is now sponsering the so call Abiey Liberation Movement- Who are now burning all the Abiey area marciless.
Look here you mundukurus, Taha is saying the opposite of what we know and that is why your idiot bashier is acumulating army in Abiey. Mind you that Abiey was,it is,and still shall be the land of the nine Dinka Ngok Chiefdom which are and were part of Southern Sudan since creation. No matter how much army bashier acumulates there, they are going to learn from what Almighty God did to China few days ago. Yes, China has been behind the mundukurus in the Darfur genocide, but do you know what happened and still shall happen to them?. They were headed and still shall be headed by the queake soon if they don’t stop sponsering the Arabs in Africa and in Sudan particullarly.
Dear Africans,
Learn to know that there are no good Arabs the good arab is the dead one and for that reason stop accomidating them in our clean African villages.
Their motto is :kill the Africans as much as you can so that we can accommidate Plastine in their bueatiful land.
Wow!!!, brothers do you see that?. it will not happen for Africans in Sudan to WASH AWAY BY THIS ARABS TILL JESUSE COME. KEEP WATCHING THEY ONLY WANT TO CLEAR ALL OF US. THAT ALL.
Deng Akol Agut-tungduon,a man far away from tribalism but can give no room to mundukurus’policies.
Be Bless
AMAN.
Mabior Akol
Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
Hi God i thanks you for bringing back the peacful mind to our big people for they were haveing differance mind to lead the southern Sudan people ,keep that Dr Riek Machar i can see you now commented your sefl fully as a man from the southern Sudan.join hand with Kiir,Igga,Pagan and many ather.Dr Riek try to clean the 1991 problem so that people may forget if .thanks
Arob
Sudan NCP and SPLM reportedly agree to pull Abyei forces back
Bravo Dr.Riek,
Well that is apparently agood move,you got the power of south sudan, with that authority you can nail the sucker called Ali Osman to accept the wine- wine deal which is ABC accord itself. furthermore i would advise SPLM generals!! Please stay awake never give any room for Jallab to wage war against Abyie any more. Hit them Back before they start hitting you. But our initaitves is that No war but lets peace prevail the entire country. God bless South Sudan… SPLA oyeeeeeeeee
Michael Arob Deng