JEM proposes for first time self-determination for Darfur

06/08/2010 10:28

JEM this week raised the issue for the first time the right to self-determination for Darfur and Kordofan. Ahmed Hussein Adam, spokesman of the movement, told Radio Dabanga that this proposal came after the government has rejected the demands of the people of Darfur, pursuing instead on a policy of “peace from within”. According to the new policy – as described by Ahmed Hussein – the government will attempt to force the displaced people to return to their destroyed villages. He stressed that the government started a new phase of the genocide against the inhabitants of the camps and planned to dismantle them, which can not be tolerated, he said. Since JEM began its armed rebellion in 2003, it has demanded a share of national power, not independence of Darfur. Mediation efforts between JEM and the government broke down earlier this year.

JEM this week raised the issue for the first time the right to self-determination for Darfur and Kordofan. Ahmed Hussein Adam, spokesman of the movement, told Radio Dabanga that this proposal came after the government has rejected the demands of the people of Darfur, pursuing instead on a policy of “peace from within”. According to the new policy – as described by Ahmed Hussein – the government will attempt to force the displaced people to return to their destroyed villages. He stressed that the government started a new phase of the genocide against the inhabitants of the camps and planned to dismantle them, which can not be tolerated, he said. Since JEM began its armed rebellion in 2003, it has demanded a share of national power, not independence of Darfur. Mediation efforts between JEM and the government broke down earlier this year.