East of the border

SLA fighters try to overthrow their leader while the NMRD demonstrates its affinity with Chad

The Sudan Liberation Army appears to have a new leader. SLA members say that 'democratic consultations' are under way but the money is on the Chief of Staff, Jeddu Shagoor, who earned his post by showing courage under fire, colleagues say. He is popular and only 32. After weeks of speculation about splits in the SLA, in the first week of February, Commander-in-Chief, Juma Mohamed Haggar, and a dozen commanders renounced the exiled political leadership. Chairman Abdel Wahid Mohamed Ahmed el Nur and Secretary General Minni Arkou Minnawi no longer represented the commanders in the field, they declared.

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Juma Mohamed Haggar, Abdel Wahid Mohamed Ahmed el Nur, Minni Arkou Minnawi, Hussan Salih, Eritrean, Nigeria, The hand of the NIF, Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed, Chad, Satellite fighters, French, Idriss Déby, Libya, Zaïre, Khalil Abdullah, Africa Confidential, Janjaweed, Janjaweed, Janjaweed

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