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Sudan orders borders with S. Sudan to be reopened
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself president-for-life. He has fallen out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to ArabizeDarfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it. on Wednesday ordered the reopening of the country's contested borders with South Sudan, state media reported after a dispute that in 2012 led to armed conflict. Relations between Juba and Khartoum had been tense since South Sudan's secession split in 2011 under a peace deal that ended a bloody 22-year civil war, with disputes over several areas along the border. "Field Marshal Omar al-Bashir, president of the republic, issued a resolution today (Wednesday) opening the border with the state of South Sudan," the Sudanese state news agency SUNA's website said. The brief statement also said Bashir had ordered the "competent authorities to take all measures for the implementation of this resolution on the ground," but gave no further details. Juba and Khartoum had remained at odds since 2011 on several unresolved issues from the secession, including the frontier. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-28 |
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