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Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) Splinter Factions Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) Splinter Factions
Name: Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) Splinter Faction
Areas of operation: Darfur and South Kordofan, Sudan.
Background: The main faction of the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) signed a peace deal with Khartoum in 2011 with its leader El Tijani El Sisis became the Chairman of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA).
On 13 April, a splinter faction of the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) signed a merger pact with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). The deal was inked by Ahmed Hussein Adam, JEM’s foreign relations secretary and Sayed Charif Jarel Nabi, acting leader of the LJM breakaway group.
The LJM splinter faction is not part of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) a coalition between JEM; the Abdul Wahed and Minni Minnawi factions of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/SLA); and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army - Northern Sector (SPLM-N/SPLA-N).
The LJM splinter factions and SLM Unity - another smaller Darfur rebel group who also signed the merger pact with JEM on 13 April - are coordinating with JEM despite not being in the SRF.
In April 2012 JEM said that two groups had participated in their attack on the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in two positions in Kharsana near Heglig, South Kordofan. SAF denied the attack took place.
- Thursday 24 January 2013
January 24, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Rebel movements are willing to continue dialogue on ways to end the 10-year conflict in Darfur region, said the head of a committee aiming to persuade the non-signatories to join the Doha Document for (...)
- Thursday 6 December 2012
December 5, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The former rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) has accused local authorities in North Darfur State of attacking its forces, demanding an official apology from the government with which they signed a (...)
- Tuesday 19 June 2012
June 18, 2012 (AGOK) - The leader of a coalition of Sudanese rebel groups on Monday asked the international community to immediately consider downgrading diplomatic relations with the government in Khartoum.
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- Friday 20 April 2012
April 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said on Thursday that its troops clashed with the Sudanese army around Kharasana, near the disputed Heglig region in South Kordofan. This photo of Sunday, April (...)
- Thursday 26 July 2012
July 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A Sudanese government official expressed hopes that the UN Security Council would issue a deadline for rebel groups to halt attacks aiming to undermine the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) and (...)
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