A US former president has alerted the international community for the dangers the pace faces in the Sudan in the last year of the interim period.
Jimmy Carter wrote an article in today’s The Washington Post newspaper saying that one of the most urgent responsibilities the international community is confronted with is in Sudan, which is facing a renewal of nationwide violence.Mr. Carter makes a list of successes during the past five years with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
He enumerates the pull out of northern troops from the south, the establishment of the Government of Southern Sudan and wealth sharing among others.
However, Mr. Carter warns that all this progress is in danger of being abandoned.
He blames the National Election Commission for making tardy decisions with inadequate funding and government support.
Mr. Carter urges the international community to do more to help ensure successful elections.
He added that the involvement of the international community will also be vital to help implement the referendum results — either independence for the south or healing of the internal national divisions that have racked Sudan for a quarter century.