Rebel Alliance Forms to Overthrow Khartoum Regime

Rebel factions headquartered in Darfur as well as the southern border states have joined forces in a more concentrated effort to overthrow the Bashir regime in Khartoum and replace it with a democratic system. The Justice and Equality Movement combined forces with two elements of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army in the past several weeks to create the Sudanese Revolutionary Front. "This is a military and political alliance. We will co-ordinate fighting to end this government which wants no peace," said Ibrahim el-Hilu, a spokesman for one faction of the Sudan Liberation Army. In response, government spokespersons have accused South Sudan of continuing to support these rebel groups even after the split between Sudan and South Sudan. Analysts see this move as a signal of increasing violence in the near future both in the north and the south as the alliance is the most credible threat to the Khartoum regime that has emerged in recent memory.

By: Nick McGuire