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SUDAN: DPA In Tatters

SUDAN: DPA In Tatters Despite shuttle diplomacy between Washington and Khartoum, the latter is now refusing UN forces. Two months after the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) was signed in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, the two signatories, the Sudan government and Minni Arkou Minnawi ’s wing of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army ( SLM/A ), have launched offensives against the rebel groups that refused to sign. The attacks, at first centred in North Darfur and now spreading to West Darfur, are developing into a war among the very ethnic groups that were previously victims of raids by the government and its Janjaweed militia allies. For the 2.5m Darfurians made homeless over the past three years of fighting, the DPA is proving to be a disaster that is both increasing their numbers and hindering the ability of international aid agencies to help them. The African Union ( AU ), which has 7,000 troops in Darfur, is seen by many Darfurians as allied to the government and Minnawi's faction because it supports implementation of the DPA. Minnawi has often stayed at the AU Mission in Sudan ( AMIS ) headquarters in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state. New factions have emerged to challenge Minnawi's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2006.00518.x
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Abstract

Despite shuttle diplomacy between Washington and Khartoum, the latter is now refusing UN forces. Two months after the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) was signed in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, the two signatories, the Sudan government and Minni Arkou Minnawi ’s wing of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army ( SLM/A ), have launched offensives against the rebel groups that refused to sign. The attacks, at first centred in North Darfur and now spreading to West Darfur, are developing into a war among the very ethnic groups that were previously victims of raids by the government and its Janjaweed militia allies. For the 2.5m Darfurians made homeless over the past three years of fighting, the DPA is proving to be a disaster that is both increasing their numbers and hindering the ability of international aid agencies to help them. The African Union ( AU ), which has 7,000 troops in Darfur, is seen by many Darfurians as allied to the government and Minnawi's faction because it supports implementation of the DPA. Minnawi has often stayed at the AU Mission in Sudan ( AMIS ) headquarters in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state. New factions have emerged to challenge Minnawi's

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Sep 1, 2006

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