First Vice President Condemns Movements of Rebels Backed by Juba

Khartoum - First Vice President who is also the head of the high committee of mobilization condemned the desperate attempts by some SPLM-backed rebel movements to destabilize security and stability in Darfur states.

The head of Darfur Regional Authority Dr. Al-Tijani Al-Sisi who met the First Vice President, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, yesterday disclosed  rebel movements in the direction of east of Jebel Marra. "The rebels did not like the stability that Darfur states have witnessed so they opted to assault the area of Um-Dafoug and others"

He affirmed that the people of Darfur are now against any military escalations. "Our top priority is to implement the agreement and bring security to Darfur, so we condemn and denounce such aggressions” he said.

The head of Darfur Regional Authority said that he briefed Ali Osman Taha on his recent visit to Qatar State, pointing out to several meetings which he held in Doha, the top of them was his meeting with the Deputy  Prime Minister of Qatar and State minister at the ministry of foreign affairs. The meetings tackled the issue of Qatar support to the Darfur Regional Authority to fulfill its commitments to the Doha agreement.

On donor's conference, Al-Sisi affirmed that Qatar state will host it, pointing out to the directives of the First Vice President to the Authority to form the studies committees to identify the projects.

Concerning the conference of IDPs and refugees, he stated that there is a concerned committee tasked with hosting the conference which will be held next June.

He also disclosed the efforts by Darfur Regional Authority to make the coming agricultural season successful. He said that return of those IDPs and refugees will improve the economic conditions and bring stability as they work in the field of farming.