Kamal Mohamed Obeid, MP

Name: Kamal Mohamed Obeid, MP

Position: Chairman of the defense and security committee the Sudanese National Assembly.

Political Affiliation: National Congress Party.

Career: Obeid became Sudan’s State Minister at the Ministry of Information and Communications replacing Farah Ibrahim Aggar on 10 December 2007.

Obeid was selected to the NCP’s negotiating team for talks with the SPLM-N rebels in South Kordofan and Blue Nile because he was one of the few figures in the ruling National Congress Party who sought to build amicable relations with Yassir Arman and Malik Agar during the 2005-2011 interim period of the Comprerehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), where officials from the two parties only had contacts official meetings.

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Al Jazeera English | Sudan calls government of South an ’enemy’ | 16 April 2012

Sudan’s parliament has branded South Sudan’s government an "enemy" and called for a swift recapture of a disputed oil-producing region. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports.

Sudan president appoints new advisor and six state ministers
Tuesday 11 December 2007
December 10, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir has reshuffled the government of the national unity appointing one presidential advisor and six new state ministers. Omer al-Bashir The reshuffle was limited to the (...)
Sudan says SPLM-N rebels do not seek peace seriously
Tuesday 4 September 2012
September 3, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The head of the Sudanese government’s negotiating team with the Sudan people’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) said the rebel group lacks willingness to reach a peace deal to end the one-year conflict in (...)
Arman reaffirms commitment to talks with Sudan but under deal recognizing SPLM-N
Wednesday 5 September 2012
September 4, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The secretary-general of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), Yasir Arman, responded in an interview with Sudan Tribune on Tuesday to questions raised about his group’s flexibility in (...)
South Sudan an ‘enemy state’, Sudanese parliament decides
Tuesday 17 April 2012
April 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese national assembly on Monday adopted a resolution designating the country’s southern neighbour as an enemy state in the latest sign of escalation between the two sides. FILE - Sudanese (...)
SPLM-N delegation yet to arrive in Addis Ababa as Sudan makes new conditions
Friday 7 September 2012
September 6, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The negotiating delegation of the Sudanese government for talks with the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa informed AU mediators on Thursday of new (...)
South Kordofan governor comes under renewed pressure over performance
Wednesday 29 February 2012
February 28, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Around 2,000 residents of the Babanousa area in South Kordofan state staged a demonstration in front of the locality’s building to protest the deterioration of basic services. South Kordofan’s Governor Ahmed (...)
Sudan to hold direct political talks with SPLM-N rebels, says spokesperson
Thursday 26 July 2012
July 25, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) are expected to hold direct political talks in Addis Ababa on Thursday, said Sidiq Mutrif, the spokesperson of the (...)
Bleak prospects for Sudan’s talks on S. Kordofan and blue Nile
Sunday 29 July 2012
July 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Indirect negotiations between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) might fail at any time as the two parties continue to trade accusations over their commitment to (...)
SPLM-N denies political talks with Sudanese government
Friday 27 July 2012
July 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan People’s Liberation Movement- North’s (SPLM-N) Secretary General, Yasir Arman denied holding political talks with the Sudanese government and accused Khartoum of politicising their humanitarian (...)

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