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Just Peace Forum (JPF) Just Peace Forum (JPF)
Leader: Al Tayeb Mustafa
Newspaper: Al-Intibaha
Background
This background on the Just Peace Forum (JPF) is taken from The Sudanese press after separation – Contested identities of journalism. MICT 2012, Page 43.
The Just Peace Forum (JPF) is a radically Islamist and increasingly autonomous splinter party of the ruling NCP. It appeared on the political stage as a vociferous critic of the CPA soon after its signing by the NCP and the SPLM in 2005. It is headed by Al Tayeb Mustafa, a veteran NCP figure and President Bashir’s maternal uncle. Its main forum is the best-selling daily paper Intibaha, which is notorious for its aggressive rhetoric. The JPF advocated for the partition of Sudan on the grounds that north and south constitute irreconcilable poles – racially, religiously, culturally and politically – and voiced the fear that the SPLM might eventually dominate the country. Once South Sudan seceded, JPF undertook the expulsion of the remnant SPLM in (north) Sudan and called for the immediate ban of the party in the country. Today it agitates for the enforcement of strict Sharia in the country, a military solution for the conflicts in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile and the severing of all ties with South Sudan. It championed the campaign against the June 2011 framework signed with the SPLM in (north) Sudan and is currently leading a fierce campaign against the March 2012 agreement on the status of nationals in the other state, signed by Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa.
- Monday 23 January 2012
January 22, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A senior official of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has admonished security authorities about their decision to shut down a privately owned newspaper. NCP’s official Mandor Al-Mahdi
The NCP’s (...)
- Saturday 3 March 2012
March 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The main opposition coalition in Sudan has reportedly been plunged into an episode of discord over the participation of its member, the Popular Congress Party (PCP), in a conference of Islamic groups lobbying (...)
- Saturday 17 March 2012
March 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s foreign minister has urged South Sudan to settle their security file in a manner to pave the way for the implementation of the recent border and four freedoms agreements reached this week in Addis (...)
- Wednesday 29 February 2012
February 28, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A coalition of radical Islamic groups in Sudan has threatened to unseat the country’s President Omer Al-Bashir if he fails to heed demands for a constitution based on Shariah laws. Sudan President Omar (...)
- Friday 2 March 2012
March 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese opposition parties condemned pressures by Islamists parties and groups to adopt an Islamic constitution in Sudan after the secession of South Sudan last July. Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in (...)
- Monday 9 April 2012
April 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Al-Tayib Mustafa, leader of Sudan’s ultra-conservative Just Peace Forum (JPF), has expressed happiness at the passing on Sunday of a deadline that effectively rendered all citizens of neighbouring South Sudan (...)
- Thursday 15 March 2012
March 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The far-right Just Peace Forum (JPF) of Sudan has launched severe criticism against the government for signing an agreement on four freedoms with neighbouring South Sudan, saying the move poses a threat to (...)
- Sunday 10 July 2011
July 9, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Supporters of North Sudan’s separatist party, the Just Peace Forum (JPF), took to the streets of the capital Khartoum on Saturday in celebration of South Sudan secession. JPF supporters celebrate the secession (...)
- Thursday 13 January 2011
January 12, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A group of political parties allied with the Sudanese government has warned against "negative" acts of expression by pro-secession supporters in both north and south Sudan as the latter currently votes in a (...)
- Sunday 30 September 2012
September 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese security forces prevented the publication of an opinion article hostile to the agreements signed by the Sudanese and South Sudanese presidents over a number of outstanding issues relating to (...)
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