Helping him in this rebranding has been his alliance since June 2019 with Minni Arkoi Minawi's faction of the Sudanese Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) both of which are anchored in the Zaghawa clan...
The NCP and other Islamists want to be absorbed into the state apparatus by the military, and Juba peace signatories such as the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) Jibril Ibrahim and the Sudan Liberation Movement's (SLM) Minni Arkoi Minnawi apparently believe they are more likely to acquire power as a gift from the army, than as a mandate from the ballot box...
Ardol attracted the attention of the committee when in May 2021 he pushed gold miners to fund the inauguration of junta-friendly former rebel leader Minni Arkou Minnawi as Darfur governor...
◆ Minni Arkou Minnawi: The current governor of Darfur and the head of Sudanese Liberation Movement-Minni Minnawi faction...
Hemeti's support was crucial in securing the Darfur governorship for Minni Arkou Minnawi who was the leader of the region's strongest rebel force but it was a position without any real power...
Such demands put them on a collision course with the supporters of the two main armed groups associated with the SRF: the Sudan Liberation Army of Minni Arkou Minnawi and Jibril Ibrahim's Islamist group the Justice and Equality Movement...
The same holds for signatories to the JPA such as Minni Arkoi Minawi of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA-Minnawi) and Jibril Ibrahim former finance minister and the Islamist leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)...
Minni Minnawi: The head of the Sudanese Liberation Movement-Minni Minnawi faction which is a signatory of the Juba Peace Agreement...
Burhan is also cultivating the political elite of Darfur such as the Sudan Liberation Army's (SLA) Minni Minnawi Jibril Ibrahim (leader of the Justice and Equality Movement and until recently finance minister) Tijani Sissi (chair of the Darfur Regional Authority)...
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The army has some civilians on its side in the showdown with the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) including the Sudan Liberation Army's Minni Minnawi and the Justice and Equality Movement's leader Jibril Ibrahim (who is also the finance minister) who signed the Juba Peace Agreement a year ago...
The signing of the peace agreement has also allowed the military to develop close relations with factions of the SRF especially Minni Minnawi's Sudan Liberation Movement and the JEM...
