African Arguments

Top Menu

  • About Us
  • Write for us
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
  • Newsletter
  • RSS feed
  • Donate
  • Fellowship

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Country
    • Central
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Chad
      • Congo-Brazzaville
      • Congo-Kinshasa
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
    • East
      • Burundi
      • Comoros
      • Dijbouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Rwanda
      • Seychelles
      • Somalia
      • Somaliland
      • South Sudan
      • Sudan
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
      • Red Sea
    • North
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
      • Western Sahara
    • Southern
      • Angola
      • Botswana
      • eSwatini
      • Lesotho
      • Madagascar
      • Malawi
      • Mauritius
      • Mozambique
      • Namibia
      • South Africa
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West
      • Benin
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cape Verde
      • Côte d’Ivoire
      • The Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea Bissau
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • São Tomé and Príncipe
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
  • Politics
    • Elections Map
  • Economy
  • Society
    • Climate crisis
  • Culture
  • Specials
    • From the fellows
    • Radical Activism in Africa
    • On Food Security & COVID19
    • #EndSARS
    • Covid-19
    • Travelling While African
    • From the wit-hole countries…
    • Living in Translation
    • Red Sea
    • Beautiful Game
  • Podcast
    • Into Africa Podcast
    • Africa Science Focus Podcast
    • Think African Podcast
  • Debating Ideas
  • About Us
  • Write for us
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
  • Newsletter
  • RSS feed
  • Donate
  • Fellowship

logo

Header Banner

African Arguments

  • Home
  • Country
    • Central
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Chad
      • Congo-Brazzaville
      • Congo-Kinshasa
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
    • East
      • Burundi
      • Comoros
      • Dijbouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Rwanda
      • Seychelles
      • Somalia
      • Somaliland
      • South Sudan
      • Sudan
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
      • Red Sea
    • North
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
      • Western Sahara
    • Southern
      • Angola
      • Botswana
      • eSwatini
      • Lesotho
      • Madagascar
      • Malawi
      • Mauritius
      • Mozambique
      • Namibia
      • South Africa
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West
      • Benin
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cape Verde
      • Côte d’Ivoire
      • The Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea Bissau
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • São Tomé and Príncipe
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
  • Politics
    • Elections Map
  • Economy
  • Society
    • Climate crisis
  • Culture
  • Specials
    • From the fellows
    • Radical Activism in Africa
    • On Food Security & COVID19
    • #EndSARS
    • Covid-19
    • Travelling While African
    • From the wit-hole countries…
    • Living in Translation
    • Red Sea
    • Beautiful Game
  • Podcast
    • Into Africa Podcast
    • Africa Science Focus Podcast
    • Think African Podcast
  • Debating Ideas
Politics

Sudan: NCP regime is destroying the North says Yasir Arman, Secretary-General, SPLM-North

By Uncategorised
October 4, 2011
2008
0
Share:

Yasir Arman is Secretary-General of SPLM-North

Yasir Arman is Secretary-General of SPLM-North, and consequently one of the leading opposition politicians in Sudan. Since South Sudan gained independence in July, the SPLM-North has been banned by the Sudanese government, and deadly fighting in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states has led to many of Arman’s party colleagues going into hiding.

Yasir Arman spoke at Chatham House on Monday 3rd October on the prospects for a broad opposition alliance in Sudan, and for finding a resolution to Sudan’s current challenges.

He began his presentation focusing what he termed “˜the Northern question.’ The question he highlighted is one that exists within the North, and is not simply an aspect of the antagonism between North and South.

Yasir Arman highlighted the great diversity of population in the North, and how whilst South Sudan has seceded, a new geographical and political South has developed in the North. This “˜new South’ includes both Arabs and non-Arabs, and is close to Khartoum. It is as a result of these conditions of political and economic inequality that Yasir Arman warned a new civil war could develop in the North.

He also commented that the relationship between Sudan North and South Sudan was “˜unfinished,’ and that only transformation in Khartoum could facilitate a real transformation in the relationship between these two countries.

Yasir Arman next highlighted the current conditions in Sudan North. He described an existing economic crisis that was accentuating the marginalisation of groups such as the Beja and Nuba (as well as the mixed population of Darfur.) He predicted a “˜full-scale war from Khartoum to Blue Nile’ and a crisis of government which could only be averted by a restructuring of the centre.

Revolutions in Egypt and Libya have resulted in the de-legitimisation of Sudan’s government. Strong international pressure must now be placed on it to reform, and war crimes should not be ignored in the pursuit of political pragmatism. A holistic approach is now required in Sudan with the government of the ruling National Congress Party being identified as the essence of the problem. The NCP regime is, according to Arman, destroying the North.

Arman’s party – the SPLM-North – is seeking alliance of Northern oppositional forces in order to bring a about a paradigm shift in Sudanese politics. The SPLM-North continues to seek the unity of Sudan – the model being that of the EU, in which a Sudanese federation would allow ease of passage and trade for Sudanese citizens between the two countries.

According to Arman, as a leader of Sudan North, Omar el-Beshir is worse than deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The Darfur-focussed Doha peace talks are not a credible process, and all such actions carried out by the NCP government should be seen as such.

Yasir Arman’s speech was followed by a question and answer session in which he responded to questions from Sudanese, and British-based Sudan analysts, academics and journalists. Representatives from the Sudan Embassy in the UK were also in attendance.

By Magnus Taylor, Managing Editor, African Arguments

Previous Article

Sudan’s foreign debt: A Greek Tragedy is ...

Next Article

Taylor Trial outcome: Liberian democracy still hampered ...

Uncategorised

Leave a reply Cancel reply

  • Politics

    Diary: Somali diaspora under the spotlight- Business as Usual/Cash and Compassion – By Magnus Taylor

  • Politics

    DRC elections: Congo is on the move, but where is it going? – By William Townsend

  • President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia meeting supporters. Credit: Hakainde Hichilema/Facebook.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsZambia

    Zambia’s democracy is still under attack

Subscribe to our newsletter

Click here to subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and never miss a thing!

  • 81664
    Followers

Find us on Facebook

Interactive Elections Map

Keep up to date with all the African elections.

Popular articles

  • Credit: Matt Haney/Global Press Journal.

    “Machete wielders” are terrorising parts of Uganda. But why?

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) with his predecessor, former President Jacob Zuma in 2017. Credit: GCIS.

    What did we learn from South Africa’s exhaustive state capture commission?

  • Girls line up during a basketball drill in Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: AU UN IST/Tobin Jones.

    To counter al-Shabaab, Somalia’s new govt must do something for the kids

  • President João Lourenço of Angola on a state visit to South Africa in 2017. Credit: GCIS.

    Angola’s regime pushes back against a growing and united opposition

  • Riot police take to the streets of Port Louis. Credit: Vel Moonien.

    Mauritius protests: “When people feel lost, they resort to revolt”

Brought to you by


Creative Commons

Creative Commons Licence
Articles on African Arguments are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
  • Cookies
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • en English
    am Amharicar Arabicny Chichewazh-CN Chinese (Simplified)en Englishfr Frenchde Germanha Hausait Italianpt Portuguesest Sesothosn Shonaes Spanishsw Swahilixh Xhosayo Yorubazu Zulu
© Copyright African Arguments 2020
Cleantalk Pixel
By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
en English
am Amharicar Arabicny Chichewazh-CN Chinese (Simplified)en Englishfr Frenchde Germanha Hausait Italianpt Portuguesest Sesothosn Shonaes Spanishsw Swahilixh Xhosayo Yorubazu Zulu
African Arguments wants to hear from you!

Take 5 minutes to fill in this short reader survey and you could win three African Arguments books of your choice…as well as our eternal gratitude.