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Census head confirms count of southerners in north Sudan is incorrect

May 24, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The former director of the census commission, Awad Haj Ali, conceded in an interview that the reservations voiced by South Sudanese about the accuracy of the figures concerning the number of southern Sudanese in the north is true, adding that their number may be more than a million or a million and a half.

Some estimates of the population of southerners in the North have been as high as several million, due to the migration northward resulting from the civil war and economic factors.

The SPLM had accused the NCP of manipulating the figures of the census and under-counting the number of southerners in Khartoum. The number of southerners in north Sudan is at 520,000 people according to the census results, of which 350,000 are in Khartoum. Earlier, the South Sudan commission for census and population had expressed similar reservations at the figures.

However, speaking in the interview with Miraya FM, the census commission chairman blamed the inaccuracy on the refusal by southern Sudanese in the north to be counted. He did not fault the enumerators.

He pointed out that the total number of southerners in the north might be 26 percent.

On the same grounds, the Government of Southern Sudan has also rejected the census results that estimated the population of southern Sudan as twenty-one percent of Sudan’s population. First Vice-President and head of the semi-autonomous government in southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayadrit approved the result at the Sudanese presidency meeting held on May 6, but later said he is unhappy with the results.

Sudan conducted its fifth Population and Housing Census, a milestone in the implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), from April 22 to May 6, 2008. It was the first all-inclusive census for people of southern Sudan since Sudan became independent in January 1956.

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15 Comments

  • kuduhal
    kuduhal

    Census head confirms count of southerners in north Sudan is incorrect
    Yeah.yeah.
    Dear southerns.
    Iam not sure how match it would cost in term of $$$$ to tackle NCP potential lia party about manuniplation of cenesus reault?

    THE QUESTION IS THAT, THEY HAD UNDER ESTIMATED YOUR POPULATION BUT “HOW ABOUT AT THE TIME OF ELECTION”?

    Keep on eyes to the enemies if the ICC never caught them red handed
    Make intensive compaign for you the SPLA party to win sudan General election on feb 2010
    No talk there will be no any bestard to exexercise any powers of corrupt leaders in khortum.

    Mr Awad,Your accusations on refusal of southerns to be count in khartuom has no common ground
    to depend because your report was not free and fair and if repeated in election than we should fight to the bitter end.

    MA IMNUS OPPORTUNITY.

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  • Akol Liai Mager
    Akol Liai Mager

    Census head confirms count of southerners in north Sudan is incorrect
    Mr. Yasir Arman has tightly sieged the whole Sensus Board and NIF altogether with only one question.

    The question of Mr. Arman that has shaken NIF and its racist instutions was I quot; “How come the number of Southerners in northern Sudan came as 300,000 while SPLM has 500,000 registered members in Khartoum alone with the fact that not all Southerner registered with SPLM”?

    Arman directed above question to; Al Jazzerra TV audiences, the presenter and Ibrahim Gandour NIF party political affairs secretary on Friday.

    NIF already started rigging general elections and this is no surprise to some gentle folks who are fully aware of NIF intentions and tactics.

    After its managed to steal or grabbing power using tanks, NIF leaders said at midday that the only destination left for them is grave. That means “from power to grave” Sudanese people know this, however, NIF regime’s leaders have one way ticket for their journey and that’s why I am not surprised by Sensus outcome.

    Anyway, Marginalised people of Suda under the leadership of Southern Sudanese fought a 50 years of war for unity. Now it’s time for NIF, Khartoumeans, Medaneans, Darfurians and people from far north to get silence at NIF earlier election rigging, or take the war to only 5 minutes battle by voting out this reckless regime in February 2010.

    That February Presidential and National Parliament elections outcomes, no more future elections and not even 2011 referendum will determine whether there will be Sudan or Sudans.

    Statement made by SPLM official spokesperson Mr. Yen Mathew on 24/05/09 published this morning in an Electronic Sudanile Newspaper did not go far enough to clarify the fate of SPLM’ renegades namely; Lam Akol & Ghazi Suleiman.

    According to statement, Mr. Yen Mathew was referring to NIF’ Members in SPLM forming the so-called SPLM for Democratic Change. This new party, instead of having its old name NIF, it has chosen Zambabwei’s MDC name. Go to Sudanile news for this stateman if you want.

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  • Hillary B.M.L,M
    Hillary B.M.L,M

    Census head confirms count of southerners in north Sudan is incorrect
    Put this into your mind. Nothing ever been done fair in Sudan and will not be done.

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  • Ajawuk Juma
    Ajawuk Juma

    Census head confirms count of southerners in north Sudan is incorrect
    TO BUSTA,

    Census head confirms count of southerners in northern Sudan was incorrect, is not a problem of Dinka alone but your tribal hatred can not make you understand the contexts of this article. To my fellows Souther Sudan and Dinka people in particularly, it is not a surprise to me to get this unpatriotic comments against certain groups.

    Denial our big contributions to free Southern Sudanese which cost us many lives and proverties will not drive us out from this situations. As some of you guys can not spend a day without throwing their dumb rubbishes against the whole Dinka as if everybody employed by the Government instead of appreciations.

    I know money make people to be blind to see this very problem of denying the right of the indigenous people (Africans in Sudan) . It is b’se of money that make our own brothers to move between SPLA/M and the Khatoum Government and also signed the foolish agreements in the hand of enemy simply because of money

    If we wants to have this so called Southern Sudan we always claimed day and night then let us stops this kind of behaviour and come together and support each other to reach the promis land.

    I am not even employed by the Goss but I’m so proud to have a Government which recognised me as human being. There is nothing wrong with having different tribes in the country however, we are still ( Junubin ) so we can live as brothers and sisters like other countries in Afica.

    I remember thos days of liberation whereby you can not spend a day with out hearing a word ”this problem was caused by Dinka ”insteand of poiting finger against people who defined our country in their own images which is stupid and unacceptable. those people ran away from the country and denied Sudanese nationalismand after comprehensive Peace Agreements was signed( CPA ),they came back with their forgery documents to look for the jobs from Government of Southern Sudan (Goss) which is not a Dinka Government but for Southern Sudanese people.

    So Mr. Busta you sounded infected by our common diseas called tribalism therefore you needs to see a Doctor and have a little respects for important issues concerning your nation

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  • Justin Chicago opiny
    Justin Chicago opiny

    Census head confirms count of southerners in north Sudan is incorrect
    Could you please give the correct number and not just in percentage?.Southerners are tired of the manupilations of the Northerners in every aspect.No time of being a chameleon now as our eyes are open for good,take note of these.

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  • AUGUSTINO DENG
    AUGUSTINO DENG

    Census head confirms count of southerners in north Sudan is incorrect
    It should be incorrect because the Northerners people are not valuing that the Southerners people should make up a million in their population. I greed with Salva Kiir Miyardit about that reports on account of Southerner Sudanese population in Khartoum and elsewhere.

    But, on the other coin, I can blamed Salva Kiir Miyardit for one thing. First, he is not supposed to consolidate the Census of the Southern Sudanese with the Northern Census. If Salva Kiir Miyardit wants the census of the Southern Sudanese in over all, then he has to conduct his own census within the Southern Sudan, but not together with Northern Sudan. I don’t really understand why Salva Kiir Miyardit have no clues about Arab strategics and he has been fighting with Arabs regime for about 22 years.

    Arabs planning is to look for the way in order to pulverizes the Southern Sudanese interest with the facts that they don’t want Southern Sudanese to propagated their future’s interest. It is completely untrue because the number of the Southern Sudanese population who lives in Khartoum should not be 520000. That one show that it is an estimation and the reality proportion number of the Southern Sudanese is concealed or is keep under prevarication. I’m really blaming Salva Kiir Miyardit about that because his mind is out from what Arabs people are planning a head of him. After all, he gets to think twice because what he wants is not what Arabs wants. Salva Kiir Miyardit need to open his mind very positively and not just by getting impressed or unhappy about the reports. Arabs have already dishonored what is call CPA, but their planning is to distort CPA so that the SPLM/SPLA took up Arms and waged the war against on Khartoum. Salva Kiir Miyardit, if you keep getting mad or unhappy, then that is what Arabs people want from you. There are a lot of things Arabs people are planning behind this report of census and Salva Miyardit didn’t exasgerated those planning on the table brotherhood for analysis. So, Salva Kiir Miyardit, be quiet and keep your mouth close for you like it that way!!!!!.

    BY AUGUSTINO DENG.

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