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“I am not scared about you to lead, I am alarmed by your greed” – Said, Southern Sudanese poet in his poem - entitled “Sudan is My Country” (Name Unknown).

            By, Gabriel Makuei Tor

altThe call for the Sudanese unity by Khartoum is the dirty truth, one need not to sacrifice for it. Unity of the Country is good anywhere in the world, but with who I am residing with – I don’t call for. The Sudanese Unity is lacking spirit of brotherhood, nationality, patriotism and mutual understanding but thronged with Jihads, Islamization, and Arabization – dogged by its kleptocratic behaviors, at gun point; is not the integrity which our comrades have been laid to rest for. This is a ground of no tolerance to any kingdom. The National Congress Party with its military wing - National Islamic Front; has made unity unattractive, and wanted to cling to the Sudanese power and wealth without sharing it amongst the Sudanese citizens. I have seen them having mouths to talk but no ears to lend.

Show me that article – which says all parties must support Unattractive Sudanese Unity and I will show you Hague’s criminal Lodge – ICC on the Desk. Stop crying for unity. Where were they; who cry for unity against Secession when the South burns for Over 50 years?

Is/was Sudan in unity? Definitely “Big No!!!”. The Sudanese government has fought the South for over half a century and Darfur for almost a decade now! Would you call that a united Country – in real sense, no unity exists but the possession of the name Sudan to all the Sudanese people and regions. Those who are calling for united Sudan must know there was nothing united before and that’s why the SPLM/A took up arms to defend and unite the Country. This idea have been put on ice and erased by the ruling NCP  by using Jihad and Sharia law as law of the Land against non-Muslims - So where is the union and the unionists who kept silence by then, when the South was butchered for decades with no call for a cease fire and now they call for unity. Did you see that comrade – “Living Witness?” Leaders were assassinated; children abducted for slavery, innocent citizens were thrown to jails and rest murdered mercilessly.

No prisoners of war were returned, or exchanged when SPLA released Khartoum’s POWs to the North.

When the Sudanese government agreed to sit around the negotiation table, with the Sudan People Liberation Movement - with it military wing - Sudan People Liberation Army, for a peace talk that took 3 years of dialogue in Kenyan cities of Machakos, Naivasha and Nairobi among others. Behind 2.5 million lives lost due to war and related causes, according to UN – which those with Sudanese civil war experiences on the ground; claimed to be at a greater rate than 2.5 millions.

A Sudanese government of NCP with broken records of aborting peace, wealth and power sharing treaties; between their opposition-South and Khartoum-North, since 1940’s - sat to dialogue with the SPLM/A knowing if they have signed more than several treaties in the past and has broken them, knows too, even the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is just a break from long wars, but could be dishonored, at its 11th hour.

      NCP - Dispatching Misseriya Tribes against the Nine Ngok Dinka Tribes.

Even if there seemed to be a way forward; the NCP do comes in to twist the original stories. The recent report from Addis Ababa about the Misseriya Tribes claiming Abyei at this late hour and they had never been part of the Dinka Ngok, either religiously, natively and traditionally. What is the connection today? They have threatened to wage war against Abyei and the South, if they are not allowed to vote in Abyei Referendum or share power and wealth equally with the Ngok Dinka as said by El Bashir’s government and party (NCP) to SPLM few weeks ago as pros. These claims were not revealed during 2002 to 2005 peace talk in Kenya – until everything came to conclusion on Abyei only. Behind these claims by Misseriya Tribes. Is Khartoum government with intention to thwart or ruin Referenda for the South and Abyei regions, Popular Consultation to Blue Nile and Kordofan States. These fake grievances must stop now. The NCP’s weir is not going to catch anybody and the South shall wades through - tall and free.

           Sudanese Disintegration today is Sudanese Integration tomorrow.

If South Sudan agree for the unity of the Country Sudan – she will be the first army to burn remnant villages of Darfur to ashes; Because the NCP will use its forces to destroy the little left of Darfur before Khartoum disarm them and you know the rest ……. To save the remnant few – make your vote of separation count and get your voice heard, forever peaceful Sudan.

Remember to respect your registration to vote for Referenda – anywhere in the world when it begins; where legible.

The NCP should know that – the SPLM/SPLA’s Flag; is a Flag of a Nation, which is not going anywhere! Khartoum must accept that a Nation is born for us to leave Separate than dying together.

The Southern Sudanese People can afford anything and anybody, but what they could not afford are 50 more years of Bashir’s cheat notes and generation in the bush.

            By, Gabriel Makuei Tor

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South Sudan Referendum is a reality by law. Orchestration of its destruction by anyone or party is unlawful and must be pushed.

While watching the Heads or representatives of world States’ 4 hours video (High Level Meeting on Sudan) on www.UNmultimedia.org - on the night of September 24th, 2010. On that same night – I was convinced that the world is united behind Southern Sudan’s painful voices of concern for Referendum make possible through fair and free preparations and votes; in regards to people’s will. Besides, the Abyei, Blue Nile, Nuba Mountains, and Darfur’s crisis concerns inside Sudan. All world leaders who met in Manhattan New York,  were fully informed and understood decades of suffering endured by the Sudanese people and most importantly by Southern Sudanese – the representatives came to believe that, the Referendum with its issues; must be conducted as agreed and signed by the two governments of North and South – Sudan.

Even in this High Level Meeting: There were good and bad news for the world to take along their rocky path on Sudan problems. The bad news came with two Sudanese neighbors: Idris Debby of Chad asked question, do you think is Sudan going to be more peaceful when divided into South and South? His question was disregarding the call for Referendum timely schedule to be respected and proper credibility of its being run peacefully with accuracy on people’s will. The second man was the Ethiopian Meles Zenawi, who said, let me assure you (delegates) that Referendum will not happen on time nor conducted because of issues interconnected with separation (vote of independence); counting the oil and border demarcation items among many others attached. His point of concern was no enough time to deal with the claims dogging South Sudan Referendum votes on January 9th, 2011. Why no time now? What was the government doing during the last – almost 6 years of interim period?  Conspiracy is not a passport to unity here. Let Zenawi be assured.

 No one knows what Khartoum have said or paid to these two men, but Heaven knows!!

 You wonder what happened to Debby and Zenawi – if the call of help is heard as far as Brazil in South America, North America, the European Countries, other African Countries and Asian Continent’s representatives who talked respectfully, in support of the Sudanese people and governments for Referenda, and popular consultations be done as scheduled almost 6 years ago now.

The other bad news was the Sudanese 2nd vice president; Taha’s 2 delegates (North) were thrown into jail for inappropriate behaviors - caught by New York police violating code of conducts, around Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel during an entry or exiting the place – the 2 delegates were later on released after the prove of their legibility to attend the meeting was found. Luckily, the 1st Sudanese vice president, Salva Kiir Mayardit’s delegates (South) whose his people are rumored to be incapable of ruling themselves, were found free of such violent argument or inappropriate acts accusation. Victory in another way around!

Is Ali Ahmed Karti a Time Bell?                                                       

Karti is running against red light with his own NCP wishes and proposals. In his interview, with Ali Salih of Asharq Alawsat – 09-23-2010 (Arabic Newspaper). “You signed the CPA, the CPA prefers Unity”, Karti said to the interviewer meaning the USA and SPLM on peace agreement. I can’t tell if Sudanese foreign minister, Karti got it right about the CPA articles he refers to. The article in its real contact mean that the people of South Sudan would opt - depending on their combined experiences of 22 years of second civil war plus 6 years of interim period if the North is accommodative in its administrative rules and laws in relation to South Sudan’s people, and norms, which is not. The CPA has two options in it: Unity and Separation depending on the attractiveness of one. Making Unity attractive is when all articles or almost all of them were implemented or applied to work. And making unity unattractive is when what have been signed in Naivasha is disrespected or ignored – which put the South on the fastest lane to Secession if North is seen using unacceptable behavior/s as Obama stated. Is the NCP going to blame the South or SPLM for taking side between Unity and Separation when Referendum comes on 01-09-2011? No! Because you are the leader and decide to undermine the law, no one is going to abide by what you have broken – So you don’t call CPA a law anymore.

“There are some unacceptable behaviors in the 21st century, like genocide”, said – by his Excellency US President; Barack Obama – 09-24-2010; in the “High Level Meeting on Sudan” in New York. Thanks God who ever initiated the meeting got a great idea of moving the world forward. This is true; the National Congress Party is shifting from calling South Sudanese abid –meaning slaves to niggers - according to recent comment, by the same Karti of NCP on the press in the capital, Khartoum. It’s a childish way of insulting a Nation and must stop.

Karti’s bigotry-accusation to SPLM – saying that SPLM is using a terrorism tactics to avoid Unity campaign is a lie. If there are people terrorized, arrested or killed by Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM), why not mention their names and the locality of their residency or presence; if this is not unhappiness of those Khartoum have paid and sent to the South to destabilize the region and return to Khartoum without succeeding in their mission because SPLM did not give them any ground of incubation.

This same Ali Karti have called the International Community’s support-call, for South Sudan Referendum dateline and people’s will to vote on January next year, an  “ill-intention to divide Sudan”. So is sending militias and government forces to kill Southerners and Darfurians a prosperous intention? Again the 3 billion dollars plan to develop the South/been developing the South is not a true statement – that was talked about this year (2010) just to turn the referendum scheme around for an empty unity of the Country – which has never been seen during the last five years of unity government.

Darfur is still burning to ashes – Sudan government is doing it!!

Referendum and Popular consultations are Refuge to the South and Abyei, Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains Regions. So they must be honored to be conducted according to the law, in which they were brought into book. The violations done and violations on the schedule to be done against Referendum success, are a bloody face all authorities of concern, must face without turning to the side.

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           My Identity is my Own and it is not Up for Debate, by Nam Kiwanuka.

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Monday, 13 September 2010 12:02

Should The Next Ghana Boss Be Ghanaian?

The Ghana Football Association has finally fired the starting gun on who replaces Milovan Rajevac as Black Stars coach after finally accepting what had been apparent a week ago.

As reports mounted about Milovan Rajevac heading to Saudi Arabia for a more lucrative deal at the expense of Ghana's four year contract offer, Ghana Football Association president Kwasi Nyantakyi worked the phone, hoping at some point he would hear the Serbian's voice at the other end. He was hoping some way somehow that Rajevac will say it's all not true, I am on the next flight to Accra.

Like we say here, ‘he swerved us all' and now Nyantakyi must spearhead the search for a new Black Stars boss. It is a process he hates. All the travelling, the lobbying, the intense pressure but above all the burden of trying to fix something that is not exactly broken.

The Black Stars is in good health now but as we have so often seen in the world of football, a change of coaches can trigger too many other changes and with it plummeting fortunes.

It is why the next few weeks will be fundamental for the sport in Ghana. Given how long the process can take sometimes, the smart money is on the Ghana Football Association to name an interim, most likely assistant Kwasi Appiah to take charge of the 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against Sudan in Accra on October 10 this year.

The next competitive assignment for Ghana after the game will not come until March 2011 against Congo away from home in another Nations Cup qualifying which leaves the GFA with a lot of time to brainstorm, look and make a decision that will consolidate the gains the Black Stars have made over the last five years.

And so the debate begins, the speculation will get intense and in the next few days you are likely to read every day about one big name or the other being interested in coaching Ghana, some real, and some ridiculous. There will be many unknowns too, whose name when you google will throw up very little of note like a certain Milovan Rajevac when he was named Ghana boss in August 2008.

One of the big debates, one already underway is whether after the bitter experiences of Rajevac and Ratomir Dujkovic, Ghana should effectively say good bye to the foreign coach experiment and stick to a local, a Ghanaian?

It is an emotional debate, one that gains a lot favour in a country where national pride as strong as ever.

If the GFA's duty is to guide Ghana to a first major trophy in 28 years, then the GFA must search the world for the best candidate for the job regardless of what passport he carries.

If the best available candidate is Ghanaian, then so be it. It will delight many Ghanaians if he was and end a debate that never seems to go away. But if the best option is not Ghanaian, then the GFA must choose him regardless.

There are Ghanaian managers doing decent jobs in the Glo Premier League but not many who can actually place a track record of winning at the highest level on the negotiating table.

David Duncan has been mentioned and while the job he has done so far with AshantiGold is remarkable, there has been nothing in his steady career to suggest it is time to hand one of the most important jobs in Ghana football to him.

Herbert Addo proved in his early stints with AshantiGold that he was good for a top job and has done a brilliant job at Aduana Stars but there is a something in his consistency that would worry many.

The best suited Ghanaian without a doubt is Sellas Tetteh. He has served his time as an assistant and guided many of the players bound to be the key men for Ghana in the coming years to glory at Under-20 World level. He did a decent job when put in temporary charge of the Black Stars before Rajevac eventually took over. He may struggle with Rwanda as the 0-3 mauling at the hands of Ivory Coast prove in the 2012 qualifiers but then again it is Rwanda and getting beat by the side regarded as the best on the continent is no shame.

Marcel Desailly is another popular name. The former French international who won everything there was in football at club and international level including the World Cup has Ghanaian blood running through his veins despite growing up France.

He has always said coaching Ghana is a dream and hinted in the past the post-Rajevac era may be his time. He sure will get the dressing room listening but can Ghana take the risk on a man who has done no coaching at the highest level since his playing days except to give his well respected opinions as television pundit? He will please a lot of those looking for a glamour name and comes with the added advantage of being one of us.

But Desaily and all other Ghanaians aspiring to the top coaching job must prove that they have the bottle and mettle to do it. They must prove they can take the tough decisions and match up to the same standards we held Rajevac to during his spell here.

There is admittedly a disparity in the attitude of the entire nation to expatriate coaches and one we have towards local. The expatriates get the best facilities, absolute attention and time that is sometimes baffling.

But when the Black Stars went on the mazy run to the finals of the 2010 Nations Cup, our joy was not tempered by the fact that he is Serbian and doesn't speak English and let alone a word of Twi or Ga. When Ghana reached the last eight of the 2010 World Cup, no one cared where the boss came from. It wasn't an issue for the many Ghanaians fans who turned the streets of Accra into party zones.

It mattered to us that he could set the players up on the field well. That he could find the words for them to play their hearts out, that he could get a group that at times has become the by-word for egos and arrogance to work their socks off so much for Ghana.

If a Ghanaian can do those then all the better. It will please Ghanaian patriots, myself included. But the clamour for a local must be placed within context and treated with caution. The major criteria should be can he build on the gains of the last few years regardless of nationality?

Source: Kickoff
 
 
 
 
Published in Sudan

lakes-state The Lakes State High Court has sentenced the former commissioner of Yirol West County, Aeok Manyel Dhieu, to life imprisonment after being found guilty of ordering his bodyguard to kill one of his bodyguards, last year. Meanwhile, the commissioner's bodyguard who executed the order has been sentenced to ten years in imprisonment without bail.

Published in Sudan