New Darfur rebel group merges with JEM
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October 3, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A newly established Darfur rebel group
has announced its merger with the mainstream rebels Justice and
Equality Movement (JEM), urging “forces of change” in Sudan to unite
behind the goal of overthrowing the government.
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Mahgoub Hussein, leader of a newly established Darfur rebel group upon
arrival in the Qatari capital of Doha for the signing of a framework
deal with the Sudanese government on March 18, 2010. (Getty)
Mahgoub Hussein, who was a prominent member of the former Darfur
rebels Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), on Monday announced that
his new movement, the Sudanese Bloc to Liberate the Republic (SBLR),
agreed to join ranks with JEM which is led by Khalil Ibrahim.
Hussein was sacked from LJM in October last year on accusations of
plotting to split the group which signed a peace agreement with the
Sudanese government on 14 July this year to end the eight-year strife
in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
In a joint statement seen by Sudan Tribune, JEM and SBLR said that the
latter had decided to fully integrate into JEM under a number of
objectives including joint work with opposition and democratic forces
in the country to topple the central government in Khartoum.
The statement said that after intensive discussions, the two groups
concluded that the central government in Khartoum was “frail and
lacking in legitimacy”
The two groups also said that the “Framework Document for the
Resolution of the armed conflict in western Sudan”, on the basis of
which the government and LJM signed their peace deal in the Qatari
capital of Doha, could have been a good base for detailed negotiations
to produce an applicable equation to addresses grievances of war in
the region.
However, it added that the document in its current form only serves to
confer a false legitimacy on the government to forcibly dismantle
displacement camps and allay international pressure on Khartoum.
The statement also said that the now one group would work to place the
issue of the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court for
Sudan’s president Omer Al-Bashir among the national agendas of the
Sudanese forces.
Darfur rebel groups have earned infamy for their constant splitting
and failure to unite behind clear-cut agendas.
Analysts see little chance of success for the Doha peace agreement in
ending the conflict due to the fact that LJM is of little military
significance and other groups, mainly JEM and Sudan Liberation
Movement of Abdul Wahid Nur remain defiant to talks with the
government.
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