Returned Darfur leader says working to topple regime
DARFUR: A top Darfuri rebel leader, back from Libya, told AFP
he is working with other armed groups to topple the Sudanese regime and
that UN reports of violence subsiding in Darfur are inaccurate.
“I have returned to my country to fight for the rights of the people
in all regions of Sudan... and to put in place a programme for the next
stage in the resistance to this despotic regime,” Khalil Ibrahim said in
a written response to emailed questions.
“We are in communication with all the (rebel) parties... and we are
trying to coordinate an alliance with them to overthrow this regime,” he
added.
Ibrahim heads the Justice and Equality Movement, Darfur’s most
heavily-armed group, and was a key player in the early days of the
conflict, which first broke out in 2003 when he and other non-Arab
rebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum.
AFP
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