| Name assigned by coder: |
no
|
| PGM ID Number: |
162
|
| Country: |
Sudan |
| Date formed: |
May 5, 2006 |
| Details of Formation: |
The SLM/A - Minni Minnawi faction took part in the armed rebellion in Darfur against the Sudanese government. In 2006, the SLM/A - Minni Minnawi faction signed a separate peace agreement with Khartoum and turned against its former allies and civilians in Darfur. During 2007, however, Janjaweed militias and the Sudanese army also attacked the SLM/A - Minni Minnawi faction. At the end of 2007, the peace agreement (and the cooperation) with Khartoum still exists, but its future is unclear. |
| Date dissolved: |
Unknown |
| Details of Termination: |
|
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister; state/military institution
|
| Training and Equipment |
no information |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
yes |
| Shared personnel |
no information |
| Types of Material Support: |
domestic government; plunder and loot
|
| State Sponsor(s): |
none
|
| Other Connection(s): |
cooperation is based on a peace agreement |
| Membership: |
ethnic; former rebels
|
| Location: |
Northern Darfur, Southern Darfur |
| Force Strength: |
[4000,
8000] |
| Target(s): |
civilians; rebels, insurgents, or other armed group; ethnic group; regular military force; aid workers; international peacekeeping force
|
| Purpose(s): |
protect state, national or religious institutions; intimidation of ethnic/religious groups
|
| Other Information: |
- the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan is characterised by fragmented rebel movements and ethnic divisions; even before the peace agreement between the SLM/A - Minni Minnawi faction and Khartoum, there were several serious divisions between the rebel movements
- the Sudanese goverments successfully used the peace agreement to sharpen these divisions
- another consequence of the peace deal was the increased fragmentation of the SLM/A - Minni Minnawi faction itself
- at the end of 2007, it becomes obvious that the peace agreement has served its purpose and is increasingly ignored by Khartoum. |
