{"id":184368,"date":"2014-09-19T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/eastern-sudan-ex-combatants-lose-confidence-in-leaders\/"},"modified":"2014-09-19T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T17:57:00","slug":"eastern-sudan-ex-combatants-lose-confidence-in-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/eastern-sudan-ex-combatants-lose-confidence-in-leaders","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Sudan ex-combatants \u2018lose confidence\u2019 in leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The demobilised forces of the Sudanese Beja Congress and Eastern Front decided to withdraw their confidence from three of the Front\u2019s leaders, including the Assistants to the President Musa Mohamed Ahmed, Amna Dirar, and Mabrouk Mubarak Salim, for their negligence of the demobilised combatants.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Eastern Front, including the Beja Congress, signed the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) with the Sudanese government in October 2006. The ESPA stipulates the integration of former Beja Congress fighters into civil and military services, which has not been implemented so far.<\/span><\/p>\n

Omar Hashem, t<\/span>he chairman of the Committee of Beja Congress Ex-Combatants in the Red Sea State, and the Eastern Front, accused the three leaders of carrying out the agenda of the ruling National Congress Party, \u201cin order to serve their own issues and personal interests\u201d. Hashem explained that the committee sat with Musa Mohamed Ahmed during his visit to Port Sudan last week. \u201cBut the presidential assistant does not have the ability to handle the issues of the Beja Congress and the people of eastern Sudan through official central of state channels. The meeting concluded that Musa Ahmed is unable to confront the President, or the eastern Sudan Governors, on these issues.\u201d He stressed the diseases and hunger \u201cthat caused the deaths of a lot of people\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hashem added that they will organise a mass mobilisation campaign to withdraw confidence from Musa Ahmed, Amna Dirar, and Mabrouk Mubarak Salim. He accused the Red Sea state of exercising control over resources, without performing its duty towards the demobilised forces, while the Commission of Reintegration and Demobilisation\u2019s funds go to the state treasury and staff salaries. Hashem finally asked the donors who deal with this Commission to reconsider the funds, and to deal directly with the ex-combatants.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 31 August,<\/span> two demobilised Beja Congress combatants attempted to commit suicide inside the Red Sea State\u2019s government premises in Port Sudan, in protest against the state government\u2019s negligence of their living conditions.<\/p>\n

File photo: Musa Mohamed Ahmed, former Beja Congress leader, now Assistant to President Omar Al Bashir (Sudan Tribune)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/span>Beja ex-combatants attempt suicide in Port Sudan<\/a> (1 September 2014)<\/p>\n

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