Sudan Nears 'Milestone' in Peace Plan ; National Unity Government Will Be Sworn in Saturday; Former Rebel Gets Key Post
The Washington Times › July 07, 2005
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The creation Saturday of a national unity government in Sudan will signal the end of Africa's longest-running civil war and the success of two years of negotiations between the central government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) led by John Garang.
"This peace agreement will change Sudan forever. Sudan will never be the same again, because this peace agreement will engulf the country in a democratic and fundamental transformation," Mr. Garang said at the signing of the accord in Kenya in January. He is expected to be sworn in as first vice president at a ceremony this weekend in Khartoum, making him the first southerner to hold this position since Sudan's independence from British rule in 1956. Mr. Garang was last in Khartoum in 1983.See the full content of this document
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Sudan Nears 'Milestone' in Peace Plan ; National Unity Government Will Be Sworn in Saturday; Former Rebel Gets Key Post
The fundamental problem of Sudan lies in the Khartoum-based Arab- Islamic regimes that have dominated the state and ignored the country's diversity, leading to the exclusion and marginalization of other groups.
The current fundamentalist government emphasized the ethnic and religious differences of Sudan's populations. The National Isla...See the full content of this document
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