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	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Sudanese uncertainties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Mohamed Taha and SPLA leader John Garang began a series of face-to-face negotiations in September 2003.
		Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Beshir announced on Monday that the clinching of a Sudanese peace deal is imminent.
		The Sudanese Liberation Army, the chief armed opposition group in Darfur, is a fully- fledged member of the NDA.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/685/re14.htm (1353 words)

	Once-prosperous Sudanese scavenge to survive - The Boston Globe
		The village lies within territory now controlled by the Sudanese Liberation Army, or SLA, a rebel group that has battled government troops as well as Arab militia forces for 18 months in a conflict that has left up to 50,000 dead and displaced 1.5 million people in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
		The Sudanese government has tried to distance itself from the atrocities in Darfur, repeatedly denying its support for the janjaweed and asserting that reports of violence are exaggerated.
		But villagers corroborated accounts given by Sudanese refugees in Chad of the killing, bombing, and widespread looting by the janjaweed with the support and guidance of the Sudanese Army.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2004/08/24/once_prosperous_sudanese_scavenge_to_survive (1332 words)

	Dr. Alexandrowicz's ESL Web Site - USD
		The aims and objectives of this group were to liberate the South as a separate country from the North.
		The referendum for Southern liberation was granted during this peace process with the Arab North.
		Sudanese operate under a different time system; “African time” (culturally, time is viewed as a sequence of unfolding events) and not as regimented.
	www.sandiego.edu /esl/cultures/sudanese/sudanese_bk.html (1469 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Sudanese Refugees Allege Ethnic Cleansing in Homeland
		Sudanese refugees in Chad say Arab militiamen backed by the Sudanese government continue to attack their villages in what they describe as a campaign of ethnic cleansing in western Sudan.
		Sudanese refugees are living a precarious existence in the Chadian border village of Ouendalou, where they build makeshift straw huts on the scorching desert plain.
		An army pickup truck mounted with a 50 caliber machine gun stopped some journalists, including this reporter, who were traveling on a dusty desert track toward the village of Gongolo, where more refugees are camped.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=8215 (701 words)

	Sudan - Sudanese Peace Agreement - Machakos - Worldpress.org
		During this interim period, Sudan will have two armies, the north’s under the leadership of the government in Khartoum, and the south’s under the leadership of SPLA leader John Garang.
		The Sudanese government denied the claims, but human-rights groups active in the region said they had found evidence that civilians had been killed.
		North Sudanese opposition parties fear the south will leave them alone in their battle against Al-Bashir’s government once the south wins a degree of autonomy, and are demanding to be involved in the peace process.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=788&dont=yes (957 words)

	The Raw Story \| Sudanese government, rebel armies slammed for recruiting children
		Khartoum- Sudanese children in Darfur and southern Sudan continue to face threats to their safety including recruitment into armed forces and sexual abuse, Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General said in a report Wednesday.
		Rebel groups, including the Darfuri Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) and Chadian opposition forces, along with janjaweed militia in Sudan's embattled western Darfur region are widely reported to be recruiting boys under the age of 18 to serve in their ranks.
		One faction of the SLA, led by Minni Minnawi, signed on to the deal, while three other factions refused, claiming the deal did not meet their basic demands.
	rawstory.com /news/2006/Sudanese_government_rebel_armies_sl_08232006.html (364 words)

	9708—The Sudan Factor—2/25/97
		The organization is the Sudanese People's Liberation Army and Movement, known together as the SPLA and the SPLM.
		The Sudanese people were very supportive, and I think we owe something to the Sudanese to help them during their period of time.
		Sudanese society is a very tolerant society, but there are some people in Sudanese society for political reasons, want to aggravate the division among the nationalities, dividing them in Arab nationalities, African nationalities, who are encouraging this slavery trade in Sudan.
	www.commongroundradio.org /shows/97/9708.html (3224 words)

	Sudan Liberation Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army or Haraka Tahrir Sudan (abbreviated as either SLM or SLA) is a loose association of Sudanese rebel groups who fought against the Janjaweed Arab militiamen and Sudanese government forces in the Darfur conflict.
		The Sudan Liberation Movement was known as the Darfur Liberation Front for a brief period of time after its emergence in February 2003.
		On January 20, 2006, SLM declared a merger with the Justice and Equality Movement to form the Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudanese_Liberation_Army (249 words)

	SudanTribune article : Sudanese troops break a days-old cease-fire deal: Darfur rebels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Four truckloads of Sudanese troops attacked a camp belonging to the rebel group, the National Movement for Reform and Development on Thursday, said Hassan Khamis, the group’s military and political coordinator.
		Two insurgents were wounded and rebels captured an army truck as well as arms and ammunition, but it was unclear how many government troops were killed or wounded, Khamis said.
		The Sudanese government said Monday that it was ordering its troops in three areas of Darfur to observe an immediate cease-fire.
	www.sudantribune.com /article_impr.php3?id_article=7189 (411 words)

	Darfur Liberation Front / Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) / Sudan Liberation Army
		The Sudanese Liberation Army is a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the umbrella opposition organisation grouping.
		The Sudan Liberation Army began battling an Arab militia called Janjawid [Janjaweed, meaning "a man with a horse and a gun"] as well as government troops in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
		Chadian government mediators persuaded the Sudanese government and representatives of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to agree to the truce.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/darfur.htm (4948 words)

	CNN.com - Chad to hand over Sudan rebels to the Red Cross - Feb. 19, 2004
		Abeche Governor Haroun Salih told Reuters 30 armed rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), one of two main rebel groups fighting the government in the arid Darfur region, had been detained in the border town of Adre.
		SLA officials were not immediately available for a comment.
		Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said last week the government had regained full control of Darfur after it defeated the rebels.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/africa/02/19/sudan.chad.rebels.reut/index.html (352 words)

	Democracy Now! \| Sudanese Liberation Army Rebel Asks the World For Help Against Government Campaign of "Genocide"
		I toured with a Sudanese Liberation Army, and we would go through some towns that were completely burned out, others were partially inhabited, and there are many thousands of people are scattered throughout Darfur, living in trees.
		And they're avoiding our towns where the S.L.A. groups are counting, and they're burning villages and farms which are ready to cultivate, and scaring all of the citizens who are now fleeing to the areas which are controlled by the S.L.A. This started on the 6th of December, until today, they are doing the same.
		AMY GOODMAN: We're speaking with the humanitarian coordinator of the Sudanese Liberation Army in Darfur.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=04/12/20/154253 (1567 words)

	UNDP-POGAR: Programme on Governance in the Arab Region: Civil Society
		The Sudanese government and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army-Movement (SPLA/M) signed the Machakos Protocol on July 20, 2002, committing themselves to a unitary state with a six and a half year interim period to be followed by a referendum on unity.
		Rebels in Darfur, primarily the Sudanese Liberation Army-Movement (SLA/M) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), are demanding similar concessions in their part of the country.
		Sudanese radio and television channels are operated by the government.
	www.pogar.org /countries/civil.asp?cid=18 (476 words)

	Fears of new Govt offensive in South Darfur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) rebels in the town of Gereida in South Darfur
		The Sudanese government reportedly armed the Fallata ethnic community and other Arab militia to fight the Massalit community, who are accused of supporting the SLA.
		Col Mubarrak Hamed Ali, the SLA commander in Gereida, said as long as the Sudanese government was making no effort to disarm the Janjawid and continued to arm militia and instigate attacks, the SLA could not be asked to stop protecting their people.
	irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=53032 (790 words)

	World Tribune.com: Rebels claim heavy government losses in fighting
		The Sudanese People's Liberation Army said it killed more than 1,000 Sudanese troops and aligned forces in nearly a week of heavy fighting in the Blue Nile region last week.
		The SPLA said the Sudanese military deployed attack helicopters and armored vehicles in Khartoum's biggest offensive since 1999.
		The SPLA said Sudanese troops have been ordered to cut the strategic road from Torit to Juba, the largest town in the south and controlled by the Khartoum regime.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2002/af_sudan_09_30.html (337 words)

	9836—The Sudan Factor—9/8/98
		And the, there was a conference of the all-Sudanese opposition in Asmara in June of '95 and they have been active in Eritrea.
		Slavery and religion in Sudan, it is not the habit, it is not the practice of the Sudanese society.
		Sudanese society is a very tolerant society, but there are some people in Sudanese society for political reasons, want to aggravate the division among the nationalities, dividing them into Arab nationalities, African nationalities, who are encouraging this slavery trade in Sudan.
	www.commongroundradio.org /shows/98/9836.html (3247 words)

	For Sudan rebel group, battle goes on - The Boston Globe
		The SLA was formed in February 2003 after years of growing resentment with a Khartoum government that usurped Darfur's meager wealth while marginalizing the fl African tribes who produced most of it.
		When the SLA pushed for inclusion in the US-backed talks that were occurring in neighboring Kenya, Sudan threatened to pull out.
		The region's fl Africans generally perceive the SLA rebels as their only defense against the Janjaweed, who the villagers believe are armed and supported by the Khartoum government to drive them off their land.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2004/08/29/for_sudan_rebel_group_battle_goes_on?mode=PF (1198 words)

	World Tribune.com: Sudan rebels agree to discharge children combatants
		Southern-based Sudanese rebels have agreed to demobilize thousands of children who served as combatants in the war against the Khartoum regime.
		The Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement, which is not formally connected to the SPLA, has been battling the Khartoum regime for more than a year for control of the area.
		The statement quoted refugees as saying that Sudanese forces attacked 10 villages in the canton of Djerbira on Jan. 16.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2004/af_sudan_01_25.html (353 words)

	The Other Journal - Southern Sudanese Chaplains: Human Rights and The Embodiment of Peace by Justin Holcomb
		A constant concern of the chaplains was the welfare of civilians, especially southern Sudanese civilians who are oppressed by their government, had been abused by the rebel army, and are still terrorized by militant extremist groups.
		It is matter of record that the present Sudanese government agreed to increase the number of food delivery sites in the south from 20 in 1993 to over 180 during the height of the Sudanese famine in 1998.
		He recommended the introduction of chaplains to visit regularly the army to instruct the soldier on catechesis, the moral and social teachings of the Christian faith, the sanctity of life, and the demands to respect human dignity for all—particularly soldiers, POWs, and civilians.
	www.theotherjournal.com /article.php?id=107 (4798 words)

	washingtonpost.com: A Former Rebel's Search for Sudanese Identity
		The year was 1974, and a young Sudanese army officer from the southern part of the country and his superior, a major from the north, had come to the United States with hundreds of other people from around the world for military training at Fort Benning, Ga..
		This concept of identity, a key factor in conflicts across Sudan, will determine the success or failure of a peace accord between Garang's group, the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Army, based in the mostly animist and Christian south, and the Islamic government based in the capital, Khartoum.
		A compromise in 1972 ended the fighting, and Garang was absorbed into the Sudanese army.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A15683-2005Feb10?language=printer (846 words)

	Peace Talk - The SPLA: Contras of the Sudan, June, 2000
		A number of Sudanese people who live in Portland attended PAM's annual meeting in May. They came to tell us that their country has been at war longer than any other country in Africa, and that the international community is doing nothing to stop the killing.
		Since 1983, the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA), the rebels, led by Colonel John Garang, has turned against the tribal peoples of the south, while claiming to be defending them from the Sudanese Arab Muslims of the north.
		The governments of those nations feel threatened by the militant Islamicization policies of the Sudanese government and believe it is in their best interest to assist in arming the SPLA rebels.
	www.peaceactionme.org /junesudan.html (929 words)

	Looming disaster in western Sudan
		The attacks have been carried out by both the Sudanese army and a 20,000-strong local militia known as the Janjaweed (meaning "men on horseback"), recruited from Darfur's Arab population.
		The SLA and JEM were initially formed in response to Janjaweed attacks, following a long history of tensions between African pastoralists and Arab nomads.
		The tactics employed in Darfur by the Sudanese government are similar to those it has used in its 20-year civil war with the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) based in the south of the country.
	www.socialistworker.org /2004-2/503/503_08_Sudan.shtml (910 words)

	Konfliktbarometer 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In March, the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) begins to fight against the Sudanese government in Darfur, blaming it for arming Arab nomadic tribes that attacked indigenous farmers in the region.
		Heavy fighting is reported in late November between the SLA and Arab militias.
		While fighting between the Sudanese government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continues in early 2003, since mid-year the struggle for a peace agreement continues under mediation of the Independent Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
	www.hiik.de /en/barometer2003/texte/Sudan.htm (220 words)

	Genocide Intervention Network: News from Darfur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Chad, Sudanese refugees have been moved farther from the border with Sudan and Chadian civilians are too frightened to return home.
		Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir reportedly supports the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in Darfur with or without consent from Khartoum.
		Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir denied early reports that he had accepted the hybrid force stating that Khartoum had prevailed on the issue of peacekeeping.
	www.genocideinterventionfund.org /educate/darfurnews (1293 words)

	CNN.com - Youths torn from camps, forced to fight - May 17, 2006
		The Arab janjaweed, blamed for displacing huge numbers of mostly fl African Sudanese, are striking deeper and deeper into Chad, leaving a bloody trail as residents defend themselves with only bows and arrows.
		Tribal leader Yaqoub Abu from the Goz Amir refugee camp said that in the last three weeks, Sudanese Liberation Army rebels have begun brazenly entering his camp in uniform, and he said the ramifications of that move terrify him.
		Minni Minnawi, the commander of the Sudanese Liberation Army -- which recently signed the peace deal with the Sudanese government -- denied that his men were using the camps for recruitment.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/africa/05/17/chad.recruitment/index.html (727 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Rebel Attacks Raise Tensions in Darfur
		Then the gunmen, who wore the green and brown netted head covers of a rebel group called the Sudanese Liberation Army, motioned at the bus driver to resume his journey.
		The Darfur conflict erupted in February 2003, after the Sudanese Liberation Army and another rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, attacked police stations and military outposts to protest what they called regional discrimination by the mostly Arab clique controlling Sudan's government.
		Abdou Abdullah, a leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army and a member of the African Union's cease-fire commission, said the rebel group had never mistreated its hostages, most of whom were soldiers.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A824-2004Nov20?language=printer (986 words)

	Sudanese governrment and rebel groups agree to end war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Sudanese government and a major rebel group signed a peace deal today to end three years of war in Darfur, which has killed at least 180,000 civilians and displaced more than 2 million in western Sudan.
		Under the agreement, Khartoum agreed to demands from the Sudanese Liberation Army's demands for power-sharing, disarming the government's proxy militia -- the notorious Janjaweed -- integrating rebels into the national security force, and compensating war victims.
		Recently, various Chadian and Sudanese rebel groups began abducting men and boys from refugee camps in eastern Chad and press-ganging them into fighting, humanitarian agencies say.As attacks on non-Arab Muslim villagers in Darfur continue, starvation accompanies the violence.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/05/MNGTMILKIS67.DTL (940 words)

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