Wednesday, April 14, 2010

South Kordofan: Attack on 3 polling centers by the Sudan Liberation Army Front (SLAF)

Attack on 3 polling centers in South Kordofan State
From Miraya FM, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:06
Last Updated Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:04:
Three polling centers were attacked Wednesday morning in South Kordofan State. A group called the Sudan Liberation Army Front has claimed responsibility. In a press statement to Radio Miraya, the field commander of the group, Abu Baker Mohammed Kadu, said the attacks targeted the areas of Danffara, Heigleig and Al Demulowiya in Al Deab municipality.

Reports stated that a delegation from the state government of South Kordofan is traveling to the area to inspect damages incurred.

On his part, the Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Army Front, Juma Al Wakeil, in an interview with Radio Miraya said that his front does not recognize the current elections because war is still raging in Darfur and South Kordofan. Wakeil also added that both regions are not represented in the central government.

He blasted the government for siphoning oil from these areas for other states like Khartoum and Port Sudan, leaving only oil tragedies in return. Wakeil further said, that the world must know that his front is a revoluntionary force and will continue to fight the system, regardless of the elections.

Meanwhile the Chairman of the State High Elections Committee in South Kordofan, Adam Abdean, told Radio Miraya that an unknown group attacked a vehicle of an electoral candidate's agent, wounding two persons.

He said the area, west of South Kordofan, has been witnessing problems even before the elections.

However, the office manager for the spokesperson of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Lt Colonel Al Suwarmi Khalid, has denied any attack or clashes in the area. Lt Col. Suwarmi confirmed that no incident has occured and that the electoral process has not been disrupted.

Lt Colonel Al Suwarmi Khliad said the army had only spotted Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) vehicles entering South Kordofan. He assured that the SAF reported this "suspicious" activity to the Joint Defense Council and reaffirmed that this incident did not lead to any military encounter in South Kordofan

Click and listen to Manager to the Spokesperson of the Sudan Armed Forces, Lt Colonel Al Suwarmi Khalid.

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N Central Sudan: Some bus drivers in Jebel Aulia earn 100 pounds a day & free fuel during elections

Transport Business in Jebel Aulia Booms Thanks to Elections
From SRS - Sudan Radio Service:
14 April 2010 - (Jebel Aulia) – Bus drivers in Jebel Aulia say business is booming as they transport voters to the polling stations.

SRS spoke to some drivers at polling stations at an IDP camp in Jebel Aulia on Tuesday.

Al-Haj Ramadan Ismail, a minibus driver, explains how business has improved over the last few days.

[Al-Haj Ramadan]: “I transport voters to the polling stations so that they come to cast their votes and go back home, I bring them from home and return them home this is how I am working with them and the work is good, business is good now and elections are going on well, no fear, nothing. Thanks be to God especially working with the NCP. Truly, the work is good. Yes, truly the work is good, not bad. During the elections, I earn 100 pounds a day, it is good; they give me a hundred pounds and give me fuel free. Thanks be to God, it is good.”

Osman Al-Amin, another bus driver, also says business that business has improved since voting began.

[Osman Al-Amin]: “The work is going well. There are managers and monitors in the bus and there are also delegates to dispatch people and bring them and they explain the voting process to the voters, how to cast their votes. Those who don’t know and have no idea at all come and ask what they are supposed to. I transport them from one place to another, and to their residences where they come from. They gather in one place for example at the head office of the popular committee in their area, in the mosque or church they gather there and I come and transport them to polling stations. Of course the management of the area informs them of the electoral process, and then they gather in one place. I come and transport them. Of course, political parties organize them, whether it's the NCP or the Popular Congress Party. I am just working. I have no problem with this party or with that party."

Those were two bus drivers who spoke to SRS at Jebel Aulia IDP camp.
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