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Faction of Sudanese Islamists to establish new party


October 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Several prominent Islamist figures have announced on Tuesday the establishment of a new political party under the name of the National Movement for Change (NMC).

The founders of the new party include al-Tayeb Zain el-Abdeen, al-Tijani Abdel-Qadir, Mohamed Mahjoub Haroun, Ahmed Kamal al-Deen and Huwaida Salah al-Deen al-Attabani.

All of the signatories were once members of the Sudanese Islamic Movement (IM), and its political arm the National Islamic Front (NIF) which orchestrated the 1989 military coup d’état that overthrew the democratically elected government led by al-Sadiq al-Mahdi who is head of the opposition National Umma Party (NUP).

They majority of them were also ex-members of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) which inherited the legacy of NIF.

The founding statement of the NMC pointed that the party would adopt the motto “Let us be part of the solution”, mentioning that Sudan like other third world countries went through different phases in its history including advance and retreat, strength and weakness.

It added that Sudan is currently going through the weakest phase of its history, pointing to the sharp discord among the political elites, civil war, economic crisis, secession of South Sudan, deterioration of educational institutions and foreign relations.

The statement mentioned that Sudan is isolated and its name is on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism and its president Omer Hassan al-Bashir is accused of committing war crimes which makes him “persona non grata” in most of the countries, adding that ordinary citizens pay the price for the government failures.

It went on to say all Sudanese people must face this grim reality by asking the difficult questions and answering them with honesty, pointing that those query should revolve around the lessons learned from the bitter experiences of the partisan divide, military coup d’états, as well as the political and economic adventures.

The statement called for reviewing the reasons and objectives that made the Sudanese people engage in protracted civil wars in South Sudan, Darfur, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan leading to the death and displacement of millions of innocent citizens.

It further said that questions should tackle the severe economic crisis which led to an unprecedented social disintegration and added that Sudanese citizens have either become refugees and migrants or unemployed and seeking immigration, mentioning that small minority of people have tightened its grip on power and wealth.

This group of people, according to the statement, has a narrow political vision and poor professional competence as well as weak moral commitment which makes it unable to bring about development or good management or spread justice and freedom among people.

The founding statement also called for reconsidering the overall situation of the country and developing new political and economic principles and drafting a new constitution, saying that the current regime is collapsing and building the future should begin immediately.

The NMC founders pointed that political elites must meet the aspirations of the ordinary citizens including job opportunities, education, housing, and health care, saying that they are calling for new political horizons and new approach for political performance based on confronting realities and true engagement with the public.

The statement said that Sudan suffers from a severe social problem which goes back to the colonial era and was reflected in unbalanced economic development policies, pointing that national governments failed to reverse the situation which led to continuous massive migration from rural to urban areas and out of the country.

It added that there was no wise political leadership to remedy the disintegration of the socio-economic system in the countryside through an industrial revolution which provides a new production base, and a broad educational base which offers knowledge and skills.

Earlier this week a group of NCP reformists led by the former adviser to president Bashir and the NCP’s ex-majority leader in parliament, Ghazi Salah Al-Deen Al-Attabani, declared their intention to leave the party and form a new one that would "bring new hope to Sudan".

The first split within the NCP took place in 1999 following a bitter power struggle between Bashir and Islamist leader Hassan Al-Turabi, with the latter subsequently ousted from his post as parliament speaker.

Al-Turabi later established the Popular Congress Party (PCP) and has since been a vociferous critic of the very regime for which he orchestrated the army-backed seizure of power in 1989.

The NCP has been facing growing difficulties particularly as its coffers dried up after the oil-rich south became an independent nation in July 2011.

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GORDON !!!

Gordon made a triumphal entry in Khartoum on February 18, 1884, but instead of organising the evacuation of the garrisons, set about administering the city.


His first decisions were to reduce the injustices caused by the Egyptian colonial administration: arbitrary imprisonments were cancelled, torture instruments were destroyed, and taxes were remitted. To enlist the support of the population, Gordon legalised slavery, despite the fact that he himself had abolished it a few years earlier. This decision was popular in Khartoum, where the economy still rested on the slave trade, but caused controversy in Britain.

The British public opinion was shaken again shortly after by Gordon's demand that Zubayr Pasha be sent to help him. Zubayr, as a former slave trader, was very unpopular in Britain; the Anti-Slavery Society contested this choice, and Zubayr's appointment was denied by the government.[7] Despite this setback, Gordon was still determined to "smash up the Mahdi". He requested that a regiment of Turkish soldiers be sent to Khartoum as Egypt was still nominally a province of the Ottoman Empire. When this was refused, Gordon asked for a unit of Indian Muslim troops and later for 200 British soldiers to strengthen the defenses of Khartoum. All these proposals were rejected by the Gladstone cabinet, which was still intent on evacuation and refused absolutely to be pressured into military intervention in Sudan. This drove Gordon to resent the government's policy, and his telegrams to Cairo became more acrimonious. On April 8, he wrote: "I leave you with the indelible disgrace of abandoning the garrisons" and added that such a course would be "the climax of meanness".[8] When these criticisms were made public in Britain, the conservative opposition seized on them and moved a vote of censure in the House of Commons. The government won by only 28 votes.[9]

Knowing that the Mahdists were closing in, Gordon ordered the strengthening of the fortifications around Khartoum. The city was protected to the north by the Blue Nile and to the west by the White Nile. To defend the river banks, he created a flotilla of gunboats from nine small paddle-wheel steamers, until then used for communication purposes, which were fitted with guns and protected by metal plates. In the southern part of the town, which faced the open desert, he prepared an elaborate system of trenches, makeshift Fougasse-type land mines, and wire entanglements. Also, the surrounding country was controlled by the Shagia tribe, which was hostile to the Mahdi.[2]

By early April 1884, the tribes north of Khartoum rose in support of the Mahdi, and cut the Egyptian traffic on the Nile and the telegraph to Cairo. Communications were not entirely cut, as runners could still get through, but the siege had begun and Khartoum could only rely on its own food stores, which could last five or six months.

On March 16, an abortive sortie from Khartoum was launched, which led to the death of 200 Egyptian troops as the combined forces besieging Khartoum grew to over 30,000 men. Through the months of April, May, June, and July, Gordon and the garrison dealt with being cut off as food stores dwindled and starvation began to set in for both the garrison and the civilian population. Communication was kept through couriers while Gordon also kept in contact with the Mahdi, who rejected his offers of peace and to lift the siege.

On September 16, an expedition sent from Khartoum to Sennar was defeated by the Mahdists which resulted in the death of over 800 garrison troops at Al Aylafuh. By the end of the month, the Mahdi moved the bulk of his army to Khartoum, more than doubling the number already besieging it. As of September 10, 1884, the civilian population of Khartoum was about 34,000.[10]

Fall of Khartoum

George W. Joy's portrayal of Gordon's death

Gordon's plight excited great concern in the British press, and even Queen Victoria intervened on his behalf. The government ordered him to return, but Gordon refused, saying he was honour-bound to defend the city. By July 1884, Gladstone reluctantly agreed to send an expedition to Khartoum. However, the expedition, led by Sir Garnet Wolseley, took several months to organise and only entered Sudan in January 1885. By then, Gordon's situation had become desperate, with the food supplies running low, many inhabitants dying of hunger and the defenders' morale at its lowest.



The Nile Expedition for the relief of Gordon

The relief expedition was attacked at Abu Klea on January 17, and two days later at Abu Kru. Though their square was broken at Abu Klea, the British managed to repel the Mahdists. The Mahdi, hearing of the British advance, decided to press the attack on Khartoum. On the night of January 25–26, an estimated 50,000 Mahdists attacked the city wall just before midnight. The Mahdists took advantage of the low level of the Nile, which could be crossed on foot, and rushed around the wall on the shores of the river and into the town. The details of the final assault are vague, but it is said that by 3:30 am, the Mahdists managed to concurrently outflank the city wall at the low end of the Nile while another force, led by Al Nujumi, broke down the Massalamieh Gate despite taking some casualties from mines and barbed wire obstacles laid out by Gordon's men. The entire garrison, physically weakened by starvation, offered only patchy resistance and were slaughtered to the last man within a few hours, as were 4,000 of the town's inhabitants, while many others were carried into slavery. Accounts differ as to how Gordon was killed. According to one version, when Mahdist warriors broke into the governor's palace, Gordon came out in full uniform, and, after disdaining to fight, he was speared to death—in defiance of the orders of the Mahdi, who had wanted him captured alive.[11] In another version, Gordon was recognised by Mahdists while making for the Austrian consulate and shot dead in the street.[12] What appears certain is that his head was cut off, stuck on a pike, and brought to the Mahdi as a trophy and his body dumped in the Nile.

Advance elements of the relief expedition arrived within sight of Khartoum two days later. After the fall of the city, the surviving British and Egyptian troops withdrew from the Sudan, with the exception of the city of Suakin on the Red Sea coast and the Nile town of Wadi Halfa at the Egyptian border, leaving Muhammad Ahmad in control of the entire country.

Sattana brothers in the name of Islam.

الإسلاميون والمرجعيات الفاسدة Sattana brothers




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أبو محمد الجابري



فرضيتي الأساسية في هذا المقال هي أن من يسمون أنفسهم "بالإسلاميين" جماعة منحرفة وغير سوية سواء على مستوى الفكر أو السياسة أو السلوك الفردي والعام، وفي كل هذه المستويات عندي إن شاء الله أسانيد وتفصيل .. أقتصر في هذا المقال المختصر على جوانب من الإنحراف الفكري لديهم مركزا بغير مقدمات مطولة على بعض الجوانب المعتمة والمختلة في فكرهم "التأصيلي" فأطرح أدناه بعض التساؤلات والانتقادات أمام من يظنون أنهم من ذوي الأهلية الفكرية في صفوف الإسلاميين إنقاذيين ومعارضين آملا أن يتقدم أحدهم – كبيرا أو صغيرا - للإجابة عليها احتسابا للمصلحة العامة (وأجره على الله).



التساؤل الرئيسي والأول هو "ما هي المرجعية الإسلامية لتأسيس تنظيم سياسي إسلامي في مجتمع مسلم في الأساس؟" فالمعروف من الخطاب الإسلامي أن المسلمين تتكافأ دماؤهم وأموالهم ويجير عليهم أدناهم كما ورد في الحديث .. وليس هناك أي أصل لتميّز مجموعة منهم على الآخرين.. ناهيك عن أن تأتي هذه المجموعة بأفكار من إختراع الشيطان عن أن لهم التمكين على من سواهم وأن لهم الوظائف ولهم التجارة ولهم السياسة خالصة من دون الناس.. إن كان ثمة تميز في الإسلام فهو تميز عند الله وبالتقوى لا غير ".. إن أكرمكم عند الله أتقاكم.." ومن عجب أن من ميزهم المسلمون – ولم يميزوا أنفسهم بأنفسهم- فاختاروهم للولاية العامة مثلا كان تميزهم بالخصم لا بالإضافة على حقوقهم العادية كمسلمين كما روي عن عمر في عام الرمادة وقد نقر على بطنه التي "قرقرت" من الجوع قائلا "قرقري ما شئت أن تقرقري فوالله لن تذوقي اللحم حتى يشبع أطفال المسلمين!!!" يعني تميزهم كان قربى من الله وزهدا في الدنيا وإشفاقا على المسلمين وسائر الخلق مع أن الدنيا كانت طوع بنانهم وتحت تصرفهم .. هكذا هو "تمكين المسلمين" (الذين إن مكناهم في الأرض أقاموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة وأمروا بالمعروف ونهوا عن المنكر ولله عاقبة الأمور" فهل خطر ببال أحد من هؤلاء أنهم هم الموصوفون تفصيلا في هذه الآية؟.. لا أظن ولا أحد مطلقا يمكن أن يظن ذلك.. فمن أين جئتم أنتم بتمكينكم هذا الذي بلونا المر من ثمره يا أيتها الجماعات الإسلامية؟؟؟

وقد كان من بين ما أسس لهم شيطانهم الأكبر "ترابي الماسوني" الذي ما تزال أفكاره هي السائدة على هذه الجماعة الضالة - سواء أن كانوا في الحكم أو خرجوا منه غير مستنكرين لأصوله الفكرية الأساسية وتائبين عنها ومستعفرين- أن تمكين الإسلام إنما يكون بتمكين هذه الفئة المختارة من المال والسلطة والإعلام وغيره .. وهذ فكرة اليهود والماسونيين وليست فكرة المسلمين ومنهجهم.. فالرسول (ص) عرضت عليه جبال مكة ذهبا فأباها - ولمن يعترض بضعف الحديث نقول لو سأل الرسول (ص) ربه ذلك لأعطاه .. "قال البوصيري :



وراودته الجبال الشم من ذهب عن نفسه فأراها أيما شمم

وأكدت زهده فيها ضرورته إن الضرورة لا تعدو على العصم



ولم يقل (ص) "بل نأخذها فننميها ونستعين بها على نصرة الرسالة" وأبو بكر ترك ماله كله بمكة وهاجر مع الرسول (ص) وقال إنه ترك لأهله "الله ورسوله" ولم يقل له الرسول (ص) "خذها معك مالك ووظفها حتى نستعين بها في نشر الدعوة" علما بأنهما معا كانا في عسرة وحاجة شديدة إلى المال ..وعمر ترك شطر ماله وصهيب (رضي الله عنهم جميعا) ترك ماله فداء لهجرته وفيه نزلت كما قال المفسرون " إن الله اشترى من المؤمنين أنفسهم وأموالهم بأن لهم الجنة.." إلى آخر الآية ولم يقل له الرسول (ص) "لماذا لم تحضر معك أموالك حتى نستخدمها في تعضيد الدعوة الوليدة؟...".. لا توجد آية أو حديث أو سند من سيرة الرسول الأعظم (ص) أو صحابته المرضي عنهم من الأمة تحث فئة من المسسلمين على اكتناز المال لأجل الدعوة .. بل الحث كل الحث على الإنفاق وعدم تعلق القلب بالدنيا... فمن أين أتى "الإسلاميون الجدد" بهذه الأفكار التي لا سند لها في الإسلام..؟؟؟ الأصل أن المسلمين سواسية كأسنان المشط (وما في حاجة إسمها دا "منظم معانا" ودا "مسلم ساكت")



ثانيا: استمعت مرة لأحد أقاربي (من الجماعة) وهو يقول إنهم يتبعون أسلوب الرسول (ص) في تنظيم الجماعة وتقسيمها إلى إمارات والتزامهم بالسرية والتكتم وغير ذلك.. ذكرت له أن المجتمع في عهد الرسول الأول في قريش كانوا مشركين ويترصدون للدعوة الإسلامية وأهلها ويمنعنوهم عبادتهم ونشر دعوتهم بالحسنى، وهذا الواقع فرض عليهم "السرية" والتخفي في "دار الأرقم" وغيرها! ولكن لم نسمع بعد ذلك عند قيام المجتمع المسلم في عهد الرسول (ص) وخلفائه الراشدين أنه كانت هناك مجموعة متميزة تخفي أمرها عن المسلمين أنفسهم ثم تجبي لنفسها ثمرات كل شئ وتدعهم حفاة عراة جوعى! هذه يا إخوة "بدعة فكرية" كبيرة وخطيرة تأسست عليها "بالتداعي وبالتسلسل المنطقي" أفكار التمكين والتمييز التي أمطرت على البلاد والعباد سحائب الخراب والفساد.. هم في مقولتهم هذه أكثر شبها باليهود إذ قالوا "نحن أبناء الله وأحباؤه..” والذين تولى الله سبحانه الرد عليهم بقوله "بل أنتم بشر ممن خلق"...



ثالثاً:.. ما يسمى بالتنظيم الإسلامي خلق بطبيعته المغلقة ولاء جديدا للفرد العضو فيه وهو الولاء للتنظيم ولتسلسله القيادي وهذا جانب مهم، وقد ذكر لي أحد المنضوين إلى تنظيمهم "غصبا للمحافظة على وظيفته وأكل عيشه!!" أن قسم الطاعة عندهم ليس مربوطا "بالطاعة في ما يرضي الله ورسوله" وإنما هي "الطاعة فحسب" يعني حتى لو جاءك أمر رأيت فيه مخالفة شرعية فعليك تنفيذه بدون اعتراض.. وهذا هو السبب في صمت أناس "أذكياء" مثل غازي وغيره عن أباطيل وفضائح كثيرة لفترات طويلة لأنك لا تستطيع أن تفسر مواقفهم بأنهم لم يعلموا أو لم يفهموا ولكن كان دافعهم هذا "الالتزام التنظيمي" المنحرف والعياذ بالله! ومن ههنا أتونا بفقه "السترة" "بتاع ناس حسن مكي" الذي ما أنزل اله به من سلطان ولا أصل له – بالمعنى الذي يريدون- في الإسلام مطلقا .. وبالنتيجة.. وبالتدرج يجد "العضو الملتزم" نفسه وقد اتخذ له إلها جديدا "غير الله الواحد ده" ودين جديد هو "التنظيم وأوامر التنظيم" ورسول جديد هو "قيادة التنظيم" التي طاعتها واجبة في المنشط والمكره..وهكذا يكون على استعداد مثلا لقتل الأبرياء أو للإعتداء على الأعراض والأموال كما هو مشاهد ومعلوم، ما دامت تلك هي "مصلحة التنظيم" و"قرار القيادة" اللذين يتوجب الالتزام بهما حتى ولو كان في ذلك ارتكاب الحرام البين والمفسدة الثابتة عند كل ذي عقل..ولا يرجع "العضو الملتزم" في ارتكابه هذه الأفعال إلى أصل التحليل والتحريم في مرجعيات الدين الثابتة مما قال الله أو الرسول (ص) أو تواطأ عليه المسلمون بل يتوقف عند توجيهات التنظيم وأوامره .. ألا إن "كل المسلم على المسلم حرام دمه وماله وعرضه.."



رابعاً: إن الله سمى هذه الأمة "المسلمين" (هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ مِلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هُوَ سَمَّاكُمْ الْمُسْلِمينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَفِي هَذَا لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيداً عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ) [الحج:78]، ونحن والله لا نعرف سوى هذا الإسم الذي سمى به الله هذه الأمة التي نرجو أن يحشرنا في زمرتها يوم يقوم الأشهاد فمن أين أتوا هم بمسمى "الإسلاميين" هذا؟....

خلاصة أمري أنه من حيث أصل الدين فهذه الجماعة منحرفة وضالة وأقرب الوجوه في فهمها وأصحها عندي أنها جماعة ماسونية أُبتعثت لتشويه معالم الدين ولتهديم مقوماته - على الأقل في مستوى قيادتها الفكرية والسياسية- فالبقية من جمهور قواعدهم قد تكون منخدعة بالشعارات الإسلامية الزائفة مثل "الحاكمية لله" وغيرها أو راغبة بالباطل في دنيا من ثروة أو سلطة أو جاه بغض النظر عن أي محددات دينية أو فكرية..



أخيرا أقول لكم يا إخواني معشر قراء هذه الصحيفة الحرة أن ما سقته أعلاه ليس من باب "الفلسفة الفارغة" كما يقال.. بل إن أفكارهم التي أوردتها ترونها متجسدة أمام أعينكم في أشخاص ومواقف وسياسات تنصب عليكم – وما انفكت- "بلاويها" كل صبح ومساء..

وبعد فهذه عجالة ورؤوس مواضيع ودعوة للمعنيين والمهتمين بالجوانب الفكرية و"التأصيلية" كما يقولون للمشاركة وإثراء الفكر العام، كما هي تحدّ صريح ومكشوف لكل من يزعم أن أصل هذه الجماعة سليم فكريا ودينيا وأنهم فقط أخطأوا في التطبيق... والسلام..

أخوكم/ أبو محمد الجابري

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Theu and Sudan.

Al-Mahdi says EU wants to bring Sudanese government and opposition for talks


October 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) al-Sadiq al-Mahdi revealed today that the European Union (EU) wants to organize a conference involving political parties and the government in Sudan to find a platform for a peaceful resolution to the crises facing the East African nation.

Al-Mahdi made the revelation during the farewell ceremony he hosted for the EU Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Rosalind Marsden who is concluding her term in the region.

"The NUP proposed a set of principles based on ten points for inclusive dialogue that is founded on [coming up with] the diagnosis of all issues," al-Mahdi said.

He noted that his planned visit to Uganda for a meeting with leaders of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) comes in that context.

The trip was postponed due to what al-Mahdi described as unspecified circumstances that highlighted the need for more coordination.

The NUP chief also praised the EU role in the field of humanitarian support provided to Sudan since many years ago.

Marsden on her end welcomed the progress that has occurred at the level of cooperation between Khartoum and Juba.

She also commended the role of the African Union in healing the rift between the two neighbors in the realm of the African House .

The EU diplomat expressed sadness at her imminent departure from the country.

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Discovery.

Rare manta ray discovered by Hull team in Sudan

Last updated Thu 24 Oct 2013

A manta ray caught for tagging and samples Credit: Mark Priest/KAUST University

Scientists from The Deep in Hull have discovered the first hybrid manta ray off the coast of Sudan. They travelled to the country as part of a wider research project which is looking for new ways to conserve the species. The creature they found is believed to have parents from different species.

During their trip, experts successfully tagged and released 22 manta rays. They can now be tracked and monitored for 12 months. Genetic samples from one showed characteristics from two species which were previously thought to be reproductively isolated.



Rare manta ray Discovered by Hull team in Sudan

Last updated Thu 24 Oct 2013

A manta ray caught for tagging and samples Credit: Mark Priest / KAUST University

Scientists from The Deep in Hull have Discovered the first hybrid manta ray off the coast of Sudan. They traveled to the country as part of a wider research project Which is looking for new ways to conserve the species. The creatures they found is believed to to have parents from different species.



During Their trip, experts successfully tagged and released 22 manta rays. They can now be tracked and monitored for 12 months. Genetic samples from one Showed Which characteristics from two species were previously thought to be reproductively isolated.

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Kiir-Bashir summit ends without an immediate solution on Abyei deadlock

October 22, 2013 (JUBA) – The highly-anticipated summit between South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir and his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Hassan Al-Bashir ended without immediate solution on the final status of the contested Abyei region.

The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) had, prior to the meeting, urged the two leaders to use the summit as an opportunity for concrete steps to resolve the final status of the disputed oil-producing region.

However, a joint communiqué obtained by Sudan Tribune said both leaders only reached a consensus on general terms for administration and policing of Abyei during their meeting held in the South Sudan capital, Juba on Tuesday.

The two leaders, it added, also agreed “to expedite the establishment of Abyei Administration, Council and Police organs, and reaffirm that the 2% share of Abyei Area’s oil revenue, including arrears, will be paid to the Abyei Administration.”

Resolving the final status of Abyei still remains a major issue between Sudan and South Sudan after the latter broke away from the former in July 2011, leaving several unresolved post-secession issues.

Last year, the AU mediation team proposed holding a referendum in Abyei this month, but stated that only those residing permanently in the area will be allowed to vote in the plebiscite and decide whether they want to join Sudan or South Sudan.

The Sudanese government, however, rejected the AU proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock over Abyei referendum saying it ignored the eligibility of the Misseriya.

The Ngok Dinka openly declared their intention to conduct the Abyei area community referendum this month after a general conference its community members held on Friday in Abyei town last week.

The move, which was inadvisable by African and international bodies, would put the area at high risk of communal violence between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya who also claim ownership of the same region.

KEY ISSUES IGNORED

Abraham Awolich, a director at the Juba-based The Sudd Institute said it would not be surprise if the Ngok Dinka went ahead and organised a referendum in Abyei.

“The protocol on Abyei remains the only unresolved issue in the CPA [Comprehensive Peace Agreement]. For that reason, the people of Abyei feel betrayed and it would not be surprised if they took a unilateral decision,” Awolich told Sudan Tribune.

The populations feel there is nothing left to be negotiated, other than to find a solution for resolving the final status of the contested region, he added.

Edmund Yakani, a South Sudanese activist said the two leaders completely ignored the "hot" issues their people were currently facing.

"Firstly, nothing tangible on Abyei which is the hot issue on the table. Giving 2% from the oil revenue is not the answer to the Dinka Ngok demand of referendum. Secondly the security issues were not seriously discussed", Yakani said.

Abyei referendum can not be compromised with interest on oil flow or reduction of security pressure on khartoum by the rebels, he stressed.

Meanwhile, the two heads of states also agreed to enhance cooperation between the two central banks and banking sectors to facilitate payments and coordinate monetary and banking supervision policies.

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DAM ON YOU BASHIR :- I missed my old Sudan.!!!!

IMISSED MY COUNTRY!!!



Rebels were behind recent protests in Sudan, says Bashir


October 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir said the demonstrators who protested against the lift of subsidies last month were mainly members rebel groups in Darfur region, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states .

“We were surprised by some organised saboteurs, who mostly belong to armed groups in Darfur and other areas. They were waiting for the opportunity (lift of subsidies) to move (against the regime). Even ordinary citizens were surprised by the large-scale subversive actions", Bashir told the Saudi newspaper Okaz in an interview released on Monday.

The Sudanese president said they were expecting some "normal" demonstrations against the rise of prices adding that precautionary measures to deal with the peaceful protest had been taken.

"But when we realised that the (demonstrations) evolved into an act of sabotage and destruction, Plan B was applied and equipped troops were deployed to deal with the riots" because the protests had been transformed to acts of vandalism and destruction of facilities, he stressed.

Amnesty International and activists say over 200 protesters were killed in less than a week by antiriot police and security agents in plain clothes. More than 600 protesters were detained and many of them are still in jail awaiting trial.

Analysts agree that September demonstration were the biggest popular protests against the regime of president Omer Al Bashir who rules the country since 24 years following a coup d’état in June 1989.

They also underline the spontaneous character of the demonstrations, pointing that some youth groups were involved in the protests but no opposition or rebel groups were behind.

However they explain the violence against protesters by the regime’s fears that rebels may seek to control new areas or attack Khartoum if the government is destabilised by the popular protests.

They also say that the regime, as always did, seeks every time to deter popular protests by speaking about rebel groups from Darfur and Nuba Mountains suggesting that they may attack civilians in the capital and central Sudan regions.

Bashir said his government took economic arrangements aiming to direct economic support and assistance to the poor segments of the society and to stop the subsidies which benefit to the all population including middle class and wealthy people.

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Daugther of Ismail Al Azhari First Prime Mininster of Sudan talks.

جلاء الأزهري : لا مخرج إلا بتنحي البشير

10-17-2013 02:16 AM

الخرطوم طارق عثمان



أكدت زعيمة الحزب الاتحادي الديمقراطي الموحد في السودان جلاء إسماعيل الأزهري، نجلة الزعيم التاريخي وأول رئيس وزراء للسودان بعد الاستقلال من الاستعمار الإنجليزي إسماعيل الأزهري ، في مقابلة مع «البيان» أن ما شهده السودان خلال الأسابيع الماضية من تظاهرات، كان نتيجة لعدة تراكمات فجرها قرار الحكومة الأخير رفع الدعم عن المحروقات، وستستمر إلى أن يرحل النظام، فيما هاجمت نظام الرئيس عمر البشير، مشددة على أن تنحيه هو المخرج الوحيد من الأزمات التي يمر بها السودان.



وإلى نص الحوار:



كيف تنظرون للتظاهرات التي شهدها السودان في الآونة الأخيرة؟



الشارع السوداني لم يخرج إلا بعد أن نفد صبره واحتجاجه ضد قرارات رفع الدعم الحكومي عن الوقود كانت الشرارة، وما جري من تظاهرات كان تعبيراً عن حق كفله الدستور وجماهير الشعب خرجت وسبقت الأحزاب وكل المؤسسات والسبب الرئيس في خروجها ليس رفع الدعم فقط، وإنما هناك الكثير من التراكمات التي تمثل أسباباً جوهرية للخروج.



ما تفسيركم لردة الفعل الحكومي تجاه المتظاهرين؟



نحن استغربنا كيفية مقابلة التظاهرات بهذا العنف واستباحة الدماء، ونستنكر الطريقة التي واجهت بها الحكومة الاحتجاجات، ونقول إن دماء الشهداء الذين سقطوا في التظاهرات لن تروح هدراً، والاحتجاجات ستكون مستمرة ولن تتوقف إلا بذهاب هذا النظام الذي هدف بقمعه للمتظاهرين منع الممارسة الديمقراطية.



أزمات مستعصية



ما تقييمكم للأوضاع الراهنة في السودان؟



الكل يعلم ما وصلت اليه الأوضاع. النظام عجز عجزاً كاملًا في إدارة البلاد ولا مخرج من هذه الأزمات إلا بقيام نظام انتقالي تمثله حكومة وطينة، تشارك كل الاحزاب وقوى المجتمع المدني وجمعية تأسيسية بها كل مكونات المجتمع السوداني.



نحن نواجه عدة أزمات سياسية واقتصادية وأمنية وأزمة في الخدمات، والكثير من المناطق بالسودان ينعدم بها امن، وأصبح المواطن يكاد يعيش يومه بأقل من الحد الادنى، ويواجه مشاكل عصيبة عموما الحياة تكاد تكون مستحيلة. ولا مخرج من هذه الأزمات إلا بتنحي النظام .



ما دوركم للخروج من هذه الأزمات؟



نحن بادرنا بدعوة قادة قوى المعارضة للتباحث حول ايجاد حلول ومخارج عاجلة للأزمة الراهنة بعد قرار رفع الدعم عن المحروقات، على اساس أن تقدم مخرجات الاجتماع كمقترحات للحل، ولكن السلطات منعت الاجتماع الأمر الذي مثل حجراً للرأي.



هل قدمتم رؤية للحكومة قبل تنفيذ قرار رفع الدعم؟



المفترض أن النظام هو الذي يُوجد المخارج لأنه المتسبب في الأزمة. نحن اعترضنا على رفع الدعم ووضعنا حلولاً بديلة أهمها تقليل الموازنة المخصصة للأمن والجيش وقلنا لابد أن تتوقف الحروب المشتعلة في عدد من الولايات لأنها سبب رئيس في التدهور الاقتصادي، فهذه كلها سلسلة مترابطة ما لم تعالج لا يمكن أن يتعافى الاقتصاد.



لماذا رفضتم إذاً دعوة الحوار حول الدستور التي أطلقتها الحكومة؟



أي حوار يعود بالخير ويؤدي إلى مصلحة الوطن نحن معه ولن نرفضه، ولكن لا يمكن أن نتحاور حول الدستور في ظل الحروب المشتعلة الآن هناك مواطنون سودانيون لابد أن يكونوا جزءاً من وضع وصناعة الدستور الدائم ولهذا السبب رفضنا المشاركة في لجنة إعداد الدستور التي شكلتها الحكومة.



الحل السلمي







قالت زعيمة الحزب الاتحادي الموحد في السودان جلاء إسماعيل إنها تؤمن بأن «أي رؤية لا تعتمد الحل السلمي لا يمكن أن توصل لنتيجة والحلول لا تأتي بالسلاح وإنما بالتوافق». وأضافت: «نعتقد أن النظام ساعد على قيام وانتشار هذه المجموعات المسلحة بالترضيات والحلول الجزئية. نحن نرفض حمل السلاح ونؤكد أن الحوار هو المسلك الوحيد للحلول وهذا لا يأتي إلا بالجلوس مع كل الأطراف».



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France and U.S. condemn attacks against UNAMID forces in Darfur


October 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Paris and Washington have condemned two separate attacks against peacekeeping forces in western Sudan’s Darfur region last week, which resulted in the death of four soldiers.

According to the French foreign ministry, France “was calling on the Sudanese government to rapidly investigate these two attacks and bring those responsible to justice”.

The U.S. Department of State in similar terms condemned “unlawful acts against UNAMID personnel and calls on the Sudanese government to immediately investigate these malicious attacks and hold the perpetrators to account".

The joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said three Senegalese soldiers were killed on Sunday after their police unit detail came under attack while escorting a water convoy from El Geneina town to the UNAMID regional headquarters in West Darfur.

Members of the Sudanese uniformed services were reportedly caught up in a fire-fight after pursuing the assailants, resulting in casualties on both sides.

The incident followed the murder of a Zambian military observer in the North Darfur capital, El-Fasher, on Friday who was attacked by unidentified armed men who stabbed him and hijacked his vehicle as he was parking inside his private residence.

The American and French authorities said concerned by the deterioration of the security situation, human rights, and humanitarian situation in Darfur.

Paris called on all parties involved in the Darfur conflict to adopt the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD),

But Washington urged the Sudanese Government and all rebel groups to "engage without preconditions in an effective and inclusive political process to achieve a peaceful resolution to the conflict".

Since the beginning this year tribal fighting displaced some 300,00 civilians in Darfur. UN agencies say; this is more than the total number of newly displaced persons in Darfur over the past two years combined.

Khartoum government and former rebel Liberation and Justice Movement signed the DDPD in July 2011. Also splinter group of Justice and Equality Movement joined the framework document in April this year. But not all rebel groups support its implementation.

The UN Security Council (UNSC), UN chief and the African Union also issued statements condemning the attacks on the joint peacekeeping mission.

The 15-member council called on the Sudanese government “to swiftly investigate the incidents and bring the perpetrators to justice”.

The UNSC members further reiterated their full support for UNAMID, urging all parties in Darfur to fully cooperate with the mission.

Both UNAMID and UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon expressed their sorrow at the death of the soldiers.

“The secretary-general offers his condolences to the families and friends of the fallen peacekeepers and expresses his deepest sympathies to the Government of the Republic of Senegal”, Ban said.

UNAMID joint special representative Mohamed Ibn Chambas also paid tribute to the fallen soldiers.

“Such incidents are a reminder to all of us of the great price everyone pays in the absence of peace. Our peacekeepers have made the ultimate sacrifice while attempting to bring peace to Darfur”, he said in a statement on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, blasted the “cowardly and criminal acts against UNAMID peacekeepers who are paying the ultimate price to bring peace to Darfur”.

She also stressed the importance of identifying and bringing the perpetrators to justice.

The rebel Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) also condemned the attack on the hybrid mission and called on the United Nations to strengthen the mandate of the UNAMID and to enable it to protect civilians.

The SLM-MM spokesperson, Abdallah Mursal, further accused the Sudanese government militias of attacking the peacekeepers saying "the resistance forces" have no interest to assault UNAMID forces who are there to protect Darfurians.

The incidents comes barely four months after seven Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed and 17 injured in what was described as the worst-ever single attack in the troubled region since 2007.

UNAMID deployed to Sudan’s western Darfur region in 2008 as the largest and most expensive peacekeeping operation in the world, employing more than 25,000 military, police and civilian staff.

The agency’s core mandate is to provide protection to Darfuri civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Over 16,000 UNAMID peacekeepers are currently based in Darfur, where violence flared in 2003 after mostly non-Arab fighters took up arms against the Sudanese government.

Over 300,000 people have perished during the10-year conflict, which has displaced over 2.5 million.

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كل عام وانتم بخير العام المقبل بدون حكومه البشير

كل عام وانتم بخير العام المقبل بدون حكومه البشير

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Algerian group to invest $6 billon in Sudan


October 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A private Algerian manufacturer of food products, Cevital, said willing to invest six billion USD in the food industry in Sudan after facilities granted by the authorities of the east African country.

We "chose Sudan because this country wants to achieve economic breakthrough, and its authorities are fully aware of the challenges that lie ahead", said Cevital chief executive officer Issad Rebrab in statement to the Bloomberg Arabic service on Saturday.

He added that the Sudanese move also confirms Khartoum desire to exploit its non-oil resources.

Rebrab said his negotiations with the Sudan started since two years ago, adding he had been received by president Omer Al-Bashir who assured that his government was ready to provide him all the needed facilities enabling him to transfer expertise and technology to Sudan.

On the other hand, minister of agriculture Abdel Halim Al-Mutafi stated that the Sudanese government decided to allocate 50 hectares in Khartoum region to the Algerian firm besides other arable areas to achieve joint projects.

In October 2010, Rebrab said that his company exported sugar to Sudan

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Agri...in Sudan.

Sudan removes Israel travel ban from new passport


October 13, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese government downplayed the significance of changes made to the new generation of Sudanese passports that practically allows its bearer to use it to travel to Israel.



Israeli flag and Suda Passport

Khartoum quietly removed a statement on the Machine Readable Passports (MRP) nullifying the validity of the document if used for Israel bound trips.

Sudan, as a member of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is required to issue MRP containing biometric information to its citizens by April 2010.

The old Sudanese passport had a stamp on it reading that it is valid for “All Countries Except Israel”. South Africa is the only other country to be covered by this ban in the history of Sudanese passports during the apartheid era.

Major General Adam Daleel assistant police chief for passports and civil registry told the pro-government Al-Rayaam newspaper in an interview that said that removing the ban was a procedural decision relating to the size of the stamp on the passport.

Daleel stressed that people should not read too much into this step stressing that Sudan is committed to Arab embargo on Israel that commenced in 1958.

The Sudanese official said that removing the stamp should not be understood as endorsing trips by its citizens to the Jewish state.

He noted that the Sudanese national assembly at some point objected to the stamp saying it is a recognition of Israel.

Daleel acknowledged that Sudanese citizens can use the passport to travel to Israel if they reside outside the country but that the authorities will not grant an exit visa to anyone intending to head towards the Jewish state.

Sudan has no diplomatic relations established with Israel and remains hostile to the Jewish state on the grounds that it is occupying Arab lands.

This year it was revealed that Israel conducted an airstrike inside Sudan on an arms convoy believed to be headed towards Gaza strip.

Ironically, Israel has witnessed an influx of Sudanese refugees particularly from the war ravaged region of Darfur who filed for asylum after crossing the dangerous terrain at the Egyptian border which took a toll on several of them shot by border patrol.

Death in Khartoum by Bashir security police.

Death toll of those killed in Khartoum’s protest exceeds 60 people


October 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The governor of Khartoum state, Abdel Rahman Al-Khidir said over sixty people died during the the recent wave of protests in his state, adding the investigations are still continuing to identify those involved in this killing.

The ministry of interior previously announced that only 33 protesters were killed in Khartoum and one in Wad Madani, central Sudan. Activists and opposition parties say the death toll may reach 200 people.

In a briefing to the representatives of political parties participating in the national government on Tuesday, Al-Kidir said the death toll varies between 60 to 70 victims killed during the anti-austerity protests which took place in the capital between 21 to 25 September.

He further said that this figure appeared after an inventory conducted by the ministry of heath including hospitals and morgues. He further accused rebel groups and some leftist parties and the "activists of Face Book" of killing the protesters.

"All clues point to the involvement in these events of the armed movements that have not signed peace agreements, the Sudanese Revolutionary Front and some leftist parties", he said.

He added that the social media websites fueled the demonstrations, saying "those who portrayed the overthrow of the regime could be like a stroll of demonstrations, and the regime would fall after that, are responsible for the shedding of blood in those events".

Referring to the conspiracy theory to explain the spontaneous protestations against the lift of subsidies, the governor said the demonstrations were well and orderly organised by certain quarters, because the rioters targeted specific locations such as police stations, fuel stations and transportation, with the aim to disrupt these sites.

He said that the police conduct investigations to determine the perpetrators of these deaths without any exceptional measures, adding its findings will be filed to the judiciary . He also said that any person arrested during the protest will be released if he is not involved in the acts of sabotage.

Sudanese authorities said over 600 people were arrested during the demonstrations. The courts started to try some of them, as many say they were apprehended from their houses and were not taking part in the demonstrations.

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Killed, opressed and dispised by Bashir Clan!!!

القوات الامنية تستغمل الغاز المسيل للدموع لفض تظاهرة بود نوباوي



وطوق امني كبير بالقرب من منزل " سنهوري "

10-04-2013 04:35 PM

القوات الأمنية تستعمل الغاز المسيل للدموع لفض تظاهرة ود نوباوي التي خرجت من مسجد السيد عبد الرحمن وتتوغل داخل الأحياء لتفريق جموع المتظاهرين .



طوق امني كبير حول مسجد في بري قرب منزل الشهيد صلاح سنهوري والجريدة ترصد تجمعات شبابية خارج المحيط تبحث عن نقطة تجمع .



تظاهرة كبري ب شمبات حسب مصادر الجريدة ، وذلك حتي الثالثة ظهرا .

Security forces use the tear gas to break up a demonstration WAD Nobawi the



And a large security cordon near the house, "Nohora"

10-04-2013 04:35 PM

Security forces used tear gas to break up a Wad Nobawi demonstration that came out of Mr. Abdul Rahman Mosque and roll within neighborhoods to disperse crowds of demonstrators.



Senior security cordon around the mosque in the ground near the house martyr Salah Nohora, and monitor Gazette youth gatherings outside the ocean looking for a rallying point.



A large demonstration Shambat According to newspaper sources, so that the third noon.

Operessed CRY BELOVED COUNTRY OPRESSED by Bashir and the so called National congress Party .

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Sudan’s NCP to probe signatories of memo criticizing government

October 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) will start investigating party members who signed a memo calling for cancelling recent subsidies’ cuts and put a halt to the bloody crackdown on protesters.

The head of NCP organizational sector, Hamid Sideeg announced on Friday that his party has formed a committee headed by National Assembly speaker Ibrahim Al-Taher to query those whose names appeared in the petition that was circulated publicly.

In a statement released by the official news agency SUNA, Sideeg said "such memos undermines the unity of the National Congress Party and serves the agenda of those who work against it".

He further said the committee chaired by Al-Taher with the oil minister Awad Al-Jaz will submit its recommendations within a week.

The memo criticized the government decision to remove subsidies on fuel and some other basic commodities saying it "harshly" impacted the Sudanese citizens. The signatories who included many lawmakers further said the parliament had not been consulted over these economic measures, which were opposed by sections of the NCP.

"Alternatives [to lifting subsidies] were proposed by individuals, experts and political forces but the substitutes were given no consideration and the government insisted on implementing the measures as they are indifferent to their impact and the extent of citizens’ ability to endure them," said the memo.

Observers in Khartoum say the reformists, including former head of NCP parliamentary caucus Ghazi Salah Al-Deen Al-Attabani and a group of military accused of plotting to overthrow the regime last year, used this opportunity to further distance themselves from the mainstream led by president Omer Al-Bashir.

However it is not clear if they dare to move a step further and form their own political organization. Al-Attabani was reportedly poised to be expelled from the party.

On Thursday, a member of the NCP leadership office, Mohamed Al-Hassan Al-Amin called on what is called the reformists within the ruling party to commit themselves to its decisions or leave.

He said that president Al-Bashir opted the preponderant view among the different positions .

The economic measures triggered some of the worst protests Sudan has witnessed in years with death toll surpassing 200 according to Amnesty International.

Sudanese authorities say that only 34 people were killed in these demonstrations.

On Friday, hundreds of protestors took the streets in different parts of Khartoum and Omdurman to express discontent against the government and calling for its removal. There were no reports of injuries or death, however.

In Port Sudan on the Red Sea, Sudan’s biggest port, about 50 people staged a sit-in in front of the security headquarters calling for the release of political prisoners, according to Reuters.

The Imam at the Wad Nubawi mosque in Omdurman who belongs to the Ansar sect, which is the religious arm of the National Umma Party (NUP), said that people can barely make ends meet with current salaries.

He also demanded that the government free those arrested in connection with the protests and to reinstate fuel subsidies.

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EAST OF SUDAN ALSO FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM!!!

Eastern Sudan group joins SRF rebels


October 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United People’s Front for Liberation and Justice (UPFLJ), a group from eastern Sudan, has joined the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), the rebel alliance announce on Wednesday.

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The SRF Leadership Council, headed by Malik Agar issued a decision to accept the membership of the United People’s Front for Liberation and Justice, and appointed it as a member of the Council, said the SRF spokesperson Abu El-Gasim Imam in a statement emailed to Sudan Tribune.

Imam further mentioned that the rebel leadership meeting approved its new statute and the statutes of the Revolutionary Legislative Council, the Executive Office and the Joint Military Command.

The UPFLJ is a dissident fraction of the East Front which signed a peace agreement with the government brokered by Eritrea in October 2006. The group is led by Sayed Ali Abu Amna.

The signing ceremony took place on Tuesday 1 October, but Imam did not disclose the location of the meeting. The Sudanese government accuses Uganda of hosting the SRF factions.

The Sudanese rebels called to unite the opposition forces, and said they decided to prepare military plans to support the recent anti-austerity protests in the country.

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Ama Alhussieni writes about Sudan revolt.

واشتعلت شرارة التغيير فى السودان


واشتعلت شرارة التغيير فى السودان

10-01-2013 10:22 PM

أسماء الحسيني



لم تكن المظاهرات التى انطلقت فى السودان قبل أيام احتجاجا على رفع الدعم وزيادة الأسعار، والتى سقط فيها عشرات القتلى والجرحى ،هى الأولى من نوعها ، ولكنها هذه المرة قد يكون لها ما بعدها ، بعد أن فاض الكيل بملايين من أبناء الشعب السودانى عانوا بسبب سياسيات ظالمة فاشلة ، ركزت السلطة والثروة فى يد الفئة التى تحكم البلد منذ ربع قرن من الزمان تحت شعار إسلامى ، بينما ظل عموم الشعب السودانى يعانى الأمرين ، ولاسيما فى العامين الأخيرين بعد إنفصال جنوب السودان .



ورغم أن رفع الدعم عن المشتقات البترولية وماترتب عليه من زيادة فى أسعار السلع هو الذى فجر المظاهرات الأخيرة التى تعد الأعنف فى سلسلة الإحتجاجات التى شهدها السودان على مدار العامين الماضيين ، إلا أنها فى الواقع ليست معزولة عن مجمل سياسات النظام التى يرفضها الشعب السودانى الراغب فى التغيير ، ولا أدل على ذلك من الشعارات التى رفعها المتظاهرون لانتقاد سياسات النظام والمطالبة بإسقاطه وبالحرية ، والتى طالبت لأول مرة الرئيس عمر البشير بتسليم نفسه للمحكمة الجنائية الدولية.



وقد بدا خلال المظاهرات أن السودانيين ليسوا بمعزل عمايجرى فى محيط منطقتهم العربية ويتأثرون به ،إضافة إلى أن الشعب السودانى هو أقرب مايكون إلى شعب ثائر بفطرته ، بسبب طبيعته البدوية المنطلقة ،والسودانيون لاينسون أنهم أول من فجر ثورة فى المنطقة العربية يوم أن كانت تغط فى سبات عميق ،حيث حدث ذلك مرتين فى ثورتى أو إنتفاضتى أكتوبر 1964 وأبريل عام 1985 ،وكثيرون فى السودان كانوا يتساءلون متى تهب رياح التغيير على بلدهم الذى لاتختلف ظروفه وعوامل التغيير فيه عن نظيراته من دول الربيع العربى ،ويؤكدون حتمية التغيير لإزالة وتعديل الأوضاع الحالية التى يعتبرونها مهترئة ،و تكاد تمزق مابقى من السودان بعد إنفصال جنوبه ،وخاصة بعد فقدان 75% من دخل البترول والعملة الصعبة بعد ذهاب الجنوب ،وإنخفاض سعر الجنيه السودانى وبلوغ نسبة التضخم 48%،إلا أن غالبية السودانيين الراغبين فى التغيير كانوا يختلفون حول الإسلوب ،فمنهم من يراهنون على التغيير من داخل السلطة أو الحركة الإسلامية التى ينتمى إليها النظام الحاكم ،أو على إنقلاب قصر داخل المجموعة الحاكمة ،وآخرين يراهنون على إصلاحات داخل الحكم .ويبدو أن أخطاء النظام المتلاحقة وإصراره على المضى قدما فى سياساته توحد الآن جميع خصومه على صعيد واحد لإسقاطه ، مهما كانت المخاوف من تغيير يهب من الأطراف مع حركات التمرد الأربع التى تشكل ما يسمى تحالف كاودا أو الجبهة الثورية بهدف إسقاط نظام البشير ،أو الخوف من أن يكون التغيير القادم عنيفا يسقط الدولة ويسلمها للفوضى فى ظل إنتشار كثيف للسلاح والضغائن ،وفى ظل ايضا مقاومة محتملة من النظام الحالى الذى يسيطر على كل مفاصل السلطة منذ عام 1989 ،ويرون أن هذا التغيير لن يكون أبدا ربيعا فى السودان ،الذى لايعرف مناخه فى واقع الأمر فصل الربيع ،ويخشون أن يكون خريفا محملا بالأعاصير والرياح العاتية أو صيفا حارقا .



ورغم الإستهانة الحكومية بموجة الإحتجاجات الأخيرة إلا أنه يبدو أحدثت كثيرا من التغييرات فى الموقف السودانى بكل أبعاده ،وأصبح التغيير الآن هدفا وشعارا للشباب والجماهير المشاركة فى الإحتجاجات التى أصبحت بشكل يومى فى أنحاء السودان ،و لأحزاب المعارضة التى اتفقت مؤخرا على إسقاط النظام وإيجاد البديل الديمقراطى له ،و للحركات المسلحة التى تسعى لإسقاط النظام بالقوة ، فى مواجهة نظام ظل يتحدى المعارضة والشعب السودانى أن تكون لديهم القدرة على الخروج ضدهم . والنظام السوداني لم يعترف حتى الآن بمسئوليته الحقيقية عن الأوضاع التى آل إليها السودان بعد 25 عاما من حكمه ،وهو لايكتفى بإنكار مسئوليته عن ذلك ،بل يواصل ذات أساليبه القديمة ،فى التهوين من حجم المشكلات ،والتقليل من شأن المعارضين ، ،وقد لجأ النظام إلى تشويه صورة المتظاهرين السلميين ،ونسب إليهم تهمة القيام بعلميات تخريب ، ،فضلا عن ا تهامات بالعمالة والخيانة والمؤمرات،مضيعا بذلك إيجاد فرص حقيقية لحل المشكلات .



واليوم تجذب هذه المظاهرات والإحتجاجات أنظار العالم ،وستجلب للنظام مزيدا من السخط والإدانات الدولية ،ورغم كل الصعوبات التى يواجهها المحتجون ،ورغم القبضة الحديدية للأجهزة الأمنية السودانية التى تكاد تعصف بهم ، يبدو أن المظاهرات الأخيرة قد تغلبت على عيوب وسلبيات الإحتجاجات السابقة ، وهى الآن تتبع على مايبدو استراتيجية مختلفة ، حيث تتمركز فى الأحياء السكنية فى الخرطوم وبطول البلدوعرضها وليس فى ميادين كبرى يسهل اصطياد المتظاهرين أو محاصرتهم واعتقالهم فيها ، وتتظاهر فى كل أيام الأسبوع وليس فى أيام الجمعة فقط ، واستطاعت على مايبدو أن تكسر حاجز الخوف من التنظيمات الأمنية العديدة العتيدة التابعة للدولة وأن تشتت مجهودها بملاحقة المظاهرات فى أماكن متعددة فى وقت واحد ،وهى التى ترصد تحركاتها وتخترق صفوفها وتحبط أنشطتها ،كما كسر هؤلاء الشباب أيضا حاجز التبعية لهذا الحزب المعارض أو ذاك بعد أن أصبح هناك هوة كبيرة بين هذه الأجيال الشابة وأحزاب المعارضة وقياداتها ،وأصبحوا على مايبدو أكثر قدرة على تنظيم صفوفها ووحشدها وتعبئتها،وهذه الإحتجاجات ليست فى واقع الأمر إستجابة لدعوة من قوة سياسية او حزب أو زعيم متمرد أو معارض بقدر ماهى إحتجاج على أوضاع تزداد صعوبة يوما بعد آخر ،من إستشراء الفقر والغلاء والإرتفاع الجنونى لأسعار السلع والخدمات والبطالة والفساد والتباين الشاسع بين أحوال قلة قليلة تملك كل شىء وأغلبية كاسحة لاتكاد تجد مايسد رمقها ،ولا أمل لديها أوثقة فى تنفيذ الوعود التى تطلقها السلطة الحاكمة والرئيس البشير بمحاربة الفساد ، بمعاملة السودانيين كلهم على قدم المساواة .



ويبدو أن النظام السودانى مثل أقرانه فى العالم العربى لم يتعظ بمن سبقة من أنظمة سقطت وأخرى أودت بنفسها وبلدانها إلى الهاوية ، ولازال يصر على السير على ذات نهجه الذى أدى إلى تقسيم البلد والإضرار بمصالح شعبه ، وهىو الآن فى مواجهة خيارات صعبة ، فهل يستجيب النظام الحاكم لهذه الإحتجاجات ،ويسعى إلى حل وتغيير حقيقى ،رغم أن كثيرين يرون أنه لاحل إلا بذهاب النظام برمته وتسليم الحكم لحكومة إنتقالية ، ومايعوق الحل السياسى للأزمة هو فقدان الثقة السائد بين كل الأطراف ،ولاسيما الحكومة التى ينظر لها معارضوها على أنها لاتفى بالعهود والوعود التى تقطعها أو الإتفاقيات التى تعقدها مع معارضيها . ويزيد الموقف تعقيدا أن الحركات المسلحة المتواجدة بأطراف السودان تهدد بالدخول على خط الأزمة ،وهو ماقد يحول التظاهر والإحتجاج السلمى إلى حرب أهلية ،يؤججها السلاح المتواجد بكثرة فى أيدى السودانيين ،وايضا الأحقاد والضغائن والغبن المتراكم أيضا فى النفوس ،وهو مايعنى أن يطول أمد المعاناة فى بلد عانى طويلا ويلات الحرب والدمار . ،وهناك الآن حاجة ماسة إلى تجنيب السودان دفع مزيد من الأثمان التى دفعها على مدار العقود الماضية بشكل باهظ من وحدته شعبا وأرضا ومن سمعته وكرامة أبنائه الذى توزعوا فى أنحائه ،وعلى أرجاء الدنيا نازحين ولاجئين .واليوم هناك حاجة ماسة لحقن الدماء فى حروبه المفتوحة فى دارفور وجنوب كردفان والنيل الأزرق ،وإلى جمع مواطنيه على صعيد واحد ،ولن يتحقق ذلك إلا بحلول جادة ،يقدم فيها النظام الحاكم تنازلات حقيقية من أجل حلول عادلة ودائمة تحقن الدماء ،لكن هذا الخيار ،ترفضه الحكومة التى تأمل فى قمع المظاهرات التى تراها محدودة ،وتراهن على أنها يمكنها حل مشكلتها الإقتصادية خلال الشهور القادمة رغم سوداوية المعطيات الحالية ،وبدورها المعارضة بشقيها السياسى والمسلح تريد إستغلال الإحتجاجات الحالية وتصعيدها ،وعدم التوقف حتى إسقاط النظام ،غير مبالية بالصعوبات والتحديات الكبيرة.





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‘Why do you insist on lying about NCP killing protestors?’ journalist confronts Sudanese officials

September 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A Sudanese journalist has infuriated the interior minister Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, the governor of Khartoum state Abdel-Rahman Al-Khidir and the information minister Ahmed Bilal Osman when he accused them of insisting on “lying” with regard to the killing of protestors in demonstrations which erupted in several parts of Sudan last week.

The protests erupted last week in many parts of Sudan following the government’s decision to remove fuel subsidies leading to almost doubling the prices of gasoline and diesel.

The demonstrations saw the participation of thousands of Sudanese who chanted slogans against the government of president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir like "The people want the fall of the regime!" and “Freedom! Freedom!”.

Activists say over a hundred people were killed by the Sudanese security since the start of the protests while authorities admitted to the death of only 33 including policemen. They also accused protestors of vandalizing and damaging gas stations and public transportation buses.

The journalist, Buhram Abdel-Moniem, who works for Al-Youm Al-Tali daily newspaper, snatched a question in the press conference held by the government officials on Monday and addressed the podium saying “Why do you insist on lying?”, and continued “All evidence prove that protestors were killed by bullets fired by the militias of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP)”.

He then asked them “Why do you cling to power at the expense of the carnage of the dead and martyrs?”

A visibly irritated information minister interrupted him to warm him about being polite then was heard directing the authorities to file charges against the journalist who was summoned immediately to the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and later released.

In an interview later with the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, Abdel-Moniem said that the NISS officers dealt with him politely but told him his question is not "suitable" for the current situation.

His video asking the question has gone viral in the Sudanese cyber world and saw an overwhelming majority praising his "courage".

But Abdel-Moniem was not alone in pointing fingers at the government over the killing protesters.

Over the weekend, more than 30 NCP officials and supporters sent a memo to president Bashir urging him to reinstate the fuel subsidies and chiding him over the killing of protestors among other demands.

Sudanese authorities deny firing live ammunition and suggested that outside elements, namely from rebel groups carried out the killings.

A senior official in Sudan’s NCP on Monday criticized the violent crackdown.

"The fact that so many have died points to the degree of violence," the official told Agence France Presse (AFP) on condition of anonymity.

"I believe it was unnecessary to repress the peaceful demonstrators. Peaceful demonstration is a constitutional right," the official said.

The interior minister at today’s press conference stressed that a committee is currently investigating the events and said that he will take responsibility for any deaths proven to be committed by the police, adding that they confronted professional saboteurs not peaceful demonstrators.

Hamid accused the armed rebel groups of involvement in the events, disclosing that the police prevented an attempt to burn Libya commercial market in Sudan’s twin capital city of Omdurman.

He scoffed at the pictures of the victims posted on the Facebook and claimed that most of the photos were borrowed from Egypt’s recent events , saying that victims in the events have either been killed by the criminals or while they were trying to break into the police stations.

The interior minister testified before the parliament on the events and said that it was initiated by 1,000 men armed with cold steel on three axis including Libya commercial market in west Omdurman, Khartoum central market, and Sabreen neighborhood in Al-Thawra.

He said that the main opposition forces were not involved in the events.

The head of the parliamentary subcommittee on Defense, Security, and Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Al-Hassan al-Amin, said in press statements that protestors used excessive force and attacked police stations and private properties, disclosing that 740 people were arrested in the events.

He called for prosecuting them with criminal charges and giving them the right for defense, denying that there are political detainees in connection with the recent events.

(ST)