New Darfur Rebel Groups Formed: G19 & NRF

Posted on July 27, 2006
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After the signing of the Abuja Peace Agreement, tensions within groups that signed arose. There has been continuing disagreement about the agrement between rebels and leadership within the groups involved. This has lead to splits. As a result it’s my great displeasure to announce to you that new rebel groups have been formed. Here is a long post on Jan Pronk’s blog. He’s Kofi Anan’s UN representative in Sudan. Also SLM’s Abdel Wahid al Nur declared that his aim is to become president of Sudan. Lovely! The violence will continue for sure. Why don’t we have any political parties or movements who are actually good people? All I see is a bunch of ex-rebel/rebel murderers who want to control the country for their own personal benefits or those of their own tribal/ethnic group. This kind of mentality is tribal. Tribalism is still engrained into the way these people think. It’s especially disgusting and dangerous when combined with religious fundementalism. In my opinion secular parties made up of individuals who have studied abroad are the best hope we have as tribal loyalties don’t mean much to them. They care for everybody and anybody who is Sudanese regardless of religion or ethnicity. That’s a good thing. I must admit that Sudan is indeed a very difficult country to control and govern as it’s enormous in size and made up of hundreds of tribes. Sigh! I somtimes wonder who will the UN troops defend and side with if/when they come into Darfur?

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2 Responses to “New Darfur Rebel Groups Formed: G19 & NRF”

  1. Anonymous on July 28th, 2006 6:53 pm

    Dude, Sudan is having one fucked up problem after another. May God have mercy!

  2. tommy on July 28th, 2006 11:13 pm

    Gotta like that acronym though, GI9.

    Rad acronym!

    NRF, on the other hand, could use some work. Sounds too much like Nerf™:

    http://www.hasbro.com/nerf/

    Not a group to be taken seriously, judging by the sound of it.

    NRF™, brought to you by Hasbro™.

    No that’ll never work.

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