In 2000 Gadet deserted Riek Machar's mainly Nuer NIF-allied Sudan People's Democratic Front and joined up with the Sudan People's Liberation Army; in January 2002 Riek's SPDF re-merged with the SPLA; after Gadet re-defected to the government in November the SPLA leader Colonel John Garang sent Riek to fight Gadet in Upper Nile in December...
The idea of accepting some SPLA people into government sounds like an echo of the Khartoum Peace Agreement made in 1993 with Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon and Lam Akol Ajawin...
January's reconciliation between John Garang and Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon means renewed cooperation among their forces in the oil areas...
Vol 43 No 6 |
- ETHIOPIA
- SUDAN
Wal Duany's hopes were dashed almost immediately by the return to the south of Riek Machar in February and his formation of the South Sudan Democratic Front (SSDF)...
Earlier that month the Sudan People's Liberation Army of Colonel John Garang de Mabior had reconciled with the Sudan People's Democratic Front under Commander Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (see Box)...
Beside Garang on the podium sat his old adversary Riek Machar who served the National Islamic Front for ten years being in government for four of those under its 'Peace from Within' programme...
Following the 7 January pact between SPLA boss John Garang and Riek Machar (AC Vol 43 No 1) his ex-deputy who had gone over to the government came an attack on Lundin Petroleum's installations in Muglad Basin...
Vol 43 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
Mohamed Osman marked Independence Day on 1 January by slamming the NIF (which people still suspect he will join) while on 7 January Garang and Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon signed a peace pact after a decade of mutual slaughter...
The NIF signed up to the DOP in 1997 to coopt the southern factions led by Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon and Lam Akol Ajawin...
1996; Khartoum Peace Accord I; called 'Peace from Within' this was an NIF bid to bring Riek Machar (Nuer) and Lam Akol (Shilluk) on board...