The goverrnment's only military success here lay in getting Riek Machar head of the Southern Sudan Independence Movement to sign a 'Political Charter' in April...
On 10 April it signed a 'Political Charter' with Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon head of the Southern Sudan Independence Army and Karabino Kuanyin Bol Garang's former deputy then his prisoner for nearly six years and latterly an 'independent' commander in his native Gogrial area where he received arms from the government and his fighters were accused of atrocities against civilians...