Abuja Talks & Possibility of Breakthrough

Posted on April 16, 2006
Filed Under General Thoughts |

According to a senior U.S. State Department official, a Darfur breakthrough might be possible. He noted that negotiators in those discussions were able to reach an agreement on the thorny issue of wealth and power sharing. If you ask me, I don’t think a breakthrough is easily going to happen. If the government agrees to share $$ and power then it will send a message it doesn’t intend on to the rebels in the Eastern part of Sudan who also want a share in $$ and power. The Sudanese government has to realize that the past days when it kept everything to itself are long gone. The situation now is different. The East and West have been “inspired” by the achievements of the South after a long 21 year civil war that it managed to win. What all Sudanese citizens now want is to start enjoying economic benefits and a better quality of life. If a breakthrough occurs in the Abuja talk, it will obviously be a good thing. Displaced Darfurian refugees can come back to their homes and hopefuly enjoy their share of the country’s wealth. My biggest fear is that if and when the rebels take up their positions in the government, they will become just as corrupted as the government itself is and keep most of the money to themselves rather than using it to build hospitals and schools in the Western region.

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