Sudan: Bashir Accuses Foreign Groups of Using Darfur for Profits

8 February 2012

Khartoum — The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir has accused foreign groups of profiting from the crisis in Darfur, vowing to fully implement a deal aimed at ending years of insurgency and dependency on aid in his country's western region.

Bashir made his remarks in a speech delivered on Wednesday during a packed rally held at the stadium of El Fashir, the provincial capital of North Darfur State, to celebrate the inauguration of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), which was re-established under the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) signed in mid July last year between the Sudanese government and the rebel group, the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM).

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