More than the Justice and Equality Movement whose leader Jibril Ibrahim was finance minister in the Sovereignty Council the SLA has firepower in Darfur...
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He employs many former Darfuri fighters including militias who were associated with Minni Arkou Minnawi's Sudan Liberation Army and to a lesser extent Jibril Ibrahim's Justice and Equality Movement...
The finance ministry led by the flamboyant Jibril Ibrahim also leader of the Justice and Equality Movement leader has been unable or unwilling to pay its share of the NHIF budget (about 70%) for the last two years (AC Vol 63 No 19 Junta's double-talk on transition)...
Those Darfuri movements that endorsed the October 2021 coup and led by Jibril Ibrahim and Minni Minawi were able to gather a coalition of about 13 groups (many connected to the previous regime) which represents an important asset for Burhan in his attempt to manage the political negotiations with the civilian Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) (AC Vol 62 No 22 Burhan tries to negotiate after coup falters)...
He has also criticised his former allies Minni Arkou Minnawi leader of the Sudan Liberation Movemment and Jibril Ibrahim the Islamist leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (AC Vol 60 No 15 Parties divided on sharing power)...
Jibril Ibrahim has visited Darfur secretly under heavy protection as he is involved in a family feud and held responsible for the killings of several Zaghawa who had challenged him and his late brother...
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On 17 September Jibril Ibrahim Finance Minister and leader of the Justice and Equality Movement insisted at a press conference in Khartoum that the military would maintain full control of the Sovereignty Council which has power of security defence and foreign relations during the transition to multi-party elections and a veto over everything else...
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...
Called the Forces of Freedom and Change for National Accord (FFC-NA) – as opposed to the bona fide civilian body the FFC – the group includes Minawi and current finance minister and Justice and Equality Movement leader Jibril Ibrahim alongside former rebel movement members Ardol Askouri and others from the original FFC...
◆ Jibril Ibrahim: outgoing Minister of Finance and leader of the Justice and Equality Movement...
Jibril Ibrahim finance minister and the leader of Darfuri armed group the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) told Bloomberg News that Sudan was going to privatise military companies...
Another consequence is the probable fall from grace of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader and finance minister Jibril Ibrahim...
Today Islamists in Khartoum see Jibril Ibrahim as little more than a Darfuri politician and a failing finance minister who will have to raise taxes on basic foodstuffs and oil products to avoid a complete economic collapse...
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Golden grainMany suspected that Hemeti – who was accompanied by his Minister for Mining and Oil Mohamed Bashir Abunmo as well as by Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim – had another aim on his Russia trip: to secure additional wheat supplies paid for in gold to stave off the mounting social economic crisis...
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