President Bashir: WHY LASTING PEACE ELUDES AFRICA

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FOR Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, the continuing scramble for Africa’s resources is among the major reasons external interests have kept the continent divided. He, therefore, wants the international, regional and sub-regional communities, as well as leading peacekeeping countries such as Nigeria, to be mindful of this “hidden” but pervasive factor of national strife in ensuring peace on the continent’s flash points such as Darfur. The Sudanese leader has not spoken with any foreign news organ in the last four years. But he fielded questions from The Guardian in Khartoum on the strife in his country, the controversy surrounding his last visit to Abuja in July this year, the crisis in Darfur and the Janjaweed problem, the reasons for the rejection of Abyei referendum as well as what Nigeria and Sudan should be doing with their existing strategic relations. He said: “It is proven now that there are also proven schemes by those who control the international mass media to be silent on the reasons people sign agreements and do not keep to them while it is in their interest to keep conflicts going at all costs.”

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