The Sudanese government is selling the current referendum as a step on the road to peace. Don’t be fooled,argues the Daily MaverickThe way Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has talked about the current referendum in Darfur, you’d be forgiven for thinking the results will actually mean something for the people living there.[br]“It is the people of Darfur who choose whether they want states or one region and we are holding this referendum so that no one else can reach and say we want this or that, or ” said Bashir,midway through a controversial campaigning tour through all five of the states that construct up the war-torn territory. Related: Darfuris reject controversial referendum as fierce fighting continues This referendum is not about the people of Darfur. The president, a pariah for so long, or wants to reach in from the cold Related: Music from the Blue Nile: unique recordings from Sudan's refugee camps Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com