Another Darfur rebel group reintegrates SLM-Al-Nur
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May 11, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — The chairman of the Revolutionary Democratic
Forces Front (RDFF) Salah Abu Surra, announced today the reunification
of his group with the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Abdel
Wahid Al-Nur stressing the need to work together for a regime change
in the country.
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Abdel Wahild Al-Nur (L) SLM leader with Salah Abu Surra (R) and other
members of the group stand behind after the signing of the
reintegration agreement on 11 May 2011 (photo
www.slmasecularsudan.com)
"We have no choice but to return to the Movement and reunite, said Abu
Surra. "We hope to be the avant-garde in the project of change in
Sudan and to build a democratic and federal state founded on
citizenship, multiculturalism and multiethnicity," he further added.
The head of the RDFF, Salah Mohamed Abdel Rahman "Abu Surra" who was a
founding member of the SLM quitted the rebel group in 2005 following
the dissidence of Minni Minnawi preferring not to be part in his
difference with the founder Abdel Wahid and eventually bridge the gaps
between them.
Born in Kosti and grew up in Ed Daen South Darfur, Abu Surra
established the Revolutionary Forces Front in 2005 with Ibrahim
Mohamed El Zubaidi, who belongs also to Al-Rizzaigat one of the Arab
tribe in the region. The latter was killed in October 2010 by the
Sudanese army after his refusal to the Doha process while some members
of Zubaidi faction joined the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM).
Abdel Wahid Al-Nur welcomed the return of RDFF leader to the SLM
saying "Abu Surra is a founding member of the group and has returned
to his natural place among us". He further said the SLM is seriously
working to establish a nationwide coalition for regime change in
Sudan.
In a statement released last April called "New Beginning" Al-Nur
called on the Sudanese political and armed forces, and civil society
groups to work together with the SLM to "establish a secular,
democratic, liberal, and federal state based on the right of equal
citizenship, political pluralism and peaceful transfer of power”.
"We renew our call to all the political forces to reunite, ally or
coordinate with us to politically or militarily achieve change in
Sudan," Nur further said.
Two days ago the SLM-Juba Unity, a splinter faction, reintegrated the
SLM led by Abdel Wahid Al Nur. Al-Hadi Idriss Yahya, the political
secretary of the group said they consider Darfur conflict as a
national problem that can only be resolved through a national
framework" and overthrowing the National Congress Party regime.
Sudanese army keep attacks on rebels groups in Darfur as peace
negotiations with the Justice and Equality Movement are progressing
very slowly in Doha. The LJM of Tijani El-Sissi ended the talks with
the Sudanese government and said ready to sign a peace agreement after
a stakeholder meeting to be held at the end of the month.
In an interview conducted with him last March, Abu Surra predicted the
dismemberment of the LJM saying all the rebel movements formed by
foreign brokers to facilitate a peace agreement have failed to reach
their ends. He further claimed that these groups seek to reach power
through the negotiating table.
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