North Darfur governor unhurt after attack on motorcade
December 15, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of North Darfur state Osman Mohamed Kibir was unharmed by an attack on his motorcade during a tour of the region.
Kibir was accompanied by members of his state government and field commanders from the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) led by Minni Arcua Minnawi.
Minnawi signed a peace deal with the government of President Omer al-Bashir in 2006.
Sudan Vision said that the convoy came under fire from Minnawi’s forces in the area prompting government troops to return fire but no casualties were reported.
In recent days Sudanese troops have attacked Minnawi’s forces leaving one person dead and several wounded according to the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force.
Bashir removed Minnawi from his position as head of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and replaced him with West Darfur governor. Minnawi has been residing in South Sudan for several months drawing rebuke from Khartoum.
The office of North Darfur governor issued a statement carried by state media containing a warning to SLA-Minnawi figures that have refused to implement the security arrangements that are included in the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA).
The statement said the government is eradicating the term of “liberated areas” used to describe areas controlled by SLA-Minnawi and is working to unify the administrative and security organs in those areas through members of the ex-rebel group who agreed to implement the security arrangements.
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landlord
North Darfur governor unhurt after attack on motorcade
Death to that wicked Governor of north Darfur he should have get killed in that attacked
John M. Atem
North Darfur governor unhurt after attack on motorcade
In fact, that filthy rich Government should have been killed by those people who ambush him. These are people who have been bought off by murderous thugs in the lunatic aslyum capital Khartoum. May almighty God helps the people of Darfur to kill him.
Omoni Atari
North Darfur governor unhurt after attack on motorcade
Governor Osman,
who are you governing? Darfurians are dying everyday and night.
You are so blind and weak in heart when you see your own people suffered like that. people need peace first before money. Dont let NCP bribe and cheat you with a big amount of money in order to extend their cold-blooded genocide.
Young Nation
North Darfur governor unhurt after attack on motorcade
The sad thing is that, this so called governor of Darfur is a black native of the region whose people are being slaughtered on various occasions.
I just don’t comprehends what individuals like Osman think when they clearly see and hear the war in Darfur being defined and classified as a war involving Arabs of Bashir and Black Africans of his kind. God have no mercy on such traitors and heartless folks who have nothing to deliver their people other than death and destruction.
Young Nation is a BA Student at UQ, Queensland