South Sudan denies offering support to rebels

Colonel Philip Aguer, official spokesman of the South Sudanese army, denied allegations that his country is providing any kind of support to rebel movements fighting the Sudanese army in the provinces of Darfur, Kordofan and the Blue Nile. In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Aguer described the accusations on South Sudan’s financial and technical support to factions of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minawi and Sudan People Liberation Movement North, as “fabricated” and “not new to the regime in Khartoum”. The spokesman added that the latest statement is contradicting the statement issued by the National Intelligence and Security Services, which cleared the South Sudanese army of any involvement on the attack that took place in Umm Rawaba. The Sudanese government rushed to mislead the public opinion of South Sudan’s involvement in the assassination of Dinka Ngok paramount chief in Abyei carried out by its militias, Aguer added. The spokesman said “South Sudan is not involved in the war in Darfur, North Kordofan, South Kordofan or Blue Nile” and stressed that “what is happening in those areas is a result of the failure and lack of commitment by Khartoum to implement what is agreed upon in Addis Ababa in 2005”.He added that Khartoum’s lack to implement protocols for these areas has nothing to do with South Sudan.File photo