Beja Congress joins Sudan Revolutionary Front

The Beja Congress, a Sudanese armed opposition group in eastern Sudan, announced on Tuesday that they had joined the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF). It arrived at the decision after extensive consultations with people in the region.The SRF is a newly formed alliance of armed opposition groups in the country since November 2011. It comprises Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdelwahid (SLM-AW), Sudan Liberation Movement-Minni Minawi (SLM-MM) apart from the Beja Congress.A statement issued by the Beja Congress said that its decision to join would help restore human dignity in Sudan in general and specifically with respect to the Beja minority.The movement said that it had engaged in intensive consultations with many organizations and movements in eastern Sudan and had arrived at the decision to join the SRF.The statement reinstated that the Beja people had been languishing for many years. “In fact the misery and suffering of the people is increasing due to poverty, starvation and other deadly diseases. The ruling regime in Sudan is subjecting its people to humiliation and tyranny. They are arrogant and killing the marginalized people,” the statement read.It also pointed out the inaction of the government in the wake of the current economic crisis and inflation.Meanwhile South Kordofan governor Ahmed Haroun called the SRF a “miserable alliance.”