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Viewing cable 08KHARTOUM541, EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF" - A NYALA SECURITY UPDATE

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08KHARTOUM541 2008-04-08 06:09 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Khartoum
VZCZCXRO5843
PP RUEHGI RUEHMA RUEHROV RUEHTRO
DE RUEHKH #0541/01 0990609
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 080609Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0499
INFO RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RHMFISS/CJTF HOA
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KHARTOUM 000541 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/SPG, S/CRS, AF/C 
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR/SUDAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO KSEC SOCI AU SU
SUBJECT: "EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF" - A NYALA SECURITY UPDATE 
 
REF: KHARTOUM 503 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY.  Discussions with United Nations and local 
representatives in Nyala, South Darfur, reveal a complex picture of 
security in this Darfur state, where attacks against humanitarians, 
intertribal fighting and banditry constitute the main threats to 
stability.  END SUMMARY. 
 
TARGETED ATTACKS AGAINST HUMANITARIANS 
-------------------------------------- 
2. (SBU) In an April 6 meeting with Emboffs, United Nations Security 
Information and Operation Center Manager Will Mulders described a 
marked escalation in targeted attacks against humanitarian workers 
that has changed the picture of relative calm that previously 
characterized Nyala in comparison to West and North Darfur.  He 
noted that violence against humanitarian workers spiked during 
March, with 20 incidents reported, compared to four in January and 
five in February.  [NOTE: South Darfur has seen a rash of 
car-jackings on a scale similar to the instances of compound 
invasions seen in El Fasher during March, where there were nine 
break-ins in one week at the end of the month. END NOTE]. 
 
3. (SBU) Acting Head of UNAMID Civil Affairs Katherine Reyes told 
Emboffs that the attempted car-jacking earlier in the week of a UNDP 
vehicle in downtown Nyala as it transported staff home from the 
office sent shockwaves through the humanitarian community, as it was 
out of the ordinary for this city. NOTE: Two armed car-jackers 
stopped the vehicle and demanded that the passengers get out.  One 
female passenger, in shock, was unable to comply and the car-jackers 
beat her, dragged her from the car, and then proceeded to beat the 
other passengers who had exited the vehicle.  The car-jackers could 
not manage to drive the vehicle, however, and they quickly abandoned 
the scene on foot.  Two UNDP officers were subsequently medically 
evacuated to Khartoum. END NOTE]. 
 
4. (SBU) Neither Mulders nor Reyes could give a specific reason for 
the increase in this type of violence in Nyala, but Reyes described 
a level of unease and tension throughout the city and said there 
seemed to be a trend toward "stepping on UNAMID's partners" 
occurring, whether they be international or national NGOs and other 
organizations.  She added that tribal affiliations among the 
national NGOs were now deeply scrutinized by the GOS authorities, 
especially the HAC. 
 
TRIBAL FIGHTING 
--------------- 
5. (SBU) Mulders considered increased intertribal fighting to be the 
second biggest threat to peace and security in Nyala.  He recounted 
incidents of fighting since January in the Bulbul areas 
(approximately 23 km southwest of Nyala), where the Aballa Rizeigat 
had attacked the Tarjem over a series of cattle-rustling disputes. 
Both Arab tribes are pro-government and have provided fighters 
(janjaweed) for government militias.  Disputes related to the return 
of the Tarjem to their land accounted for renewed fighting 
instigated by the Rizeigat on March 31-April 1, which left 14 
Rizeigat dead.  Mulders noted that as of April 6, GoS authorities 
had not permitted UNAMID into the area to investigate. 
 
6. (SBU) Both Mulders and Reyes mentioned the insecurity caused in 
the Buram locality of South Darfur as a result of persistent 
fighting between the Habaniyya and the Salamat, also two rival Arab 
tribes.  On April 3, the Salamat looted 1000 cattle from the 
Habaniya west of Buram.  In what Mulders considered an unprecedented 
response, the Habaniyya retaliated on April 4 with the support of 
GoS police forces, which included six vehicles of up to 15 officers 
each.  Seven police were reportedly killed in this fighting, and 
Khartoum police authorities have reportedly demanded a full 
investigation into the incident.  Mulders reported that Buram 
authorities allegedly ordered the local police, all of the Habaniyya 
tribe, to join in the fighting against the Salamat. 
 
7. (SBU) Reyes also described simmering tensions between the Dadjo 
and Fur tribes in Kalma IDP camp, which erupted in fighting inside 
the camp in January, allegedly due to interference on the part of 
Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) faction leader Abdulshafie, himself a 
Fur.  According to Reyes, Dadjo members led a coalition of 
marginalized "minor" tribes in Kalma, a coalition that developed 
after the expulsion of the Zaghawa by Fur in fall 2007 and in 
response to Fur "domination" of the camp's population.  Reyes said 
the Dadjo have enjoyed on-again, off-again GoS support.  According 
to Bashir Muktar, the former Southern regional coordinator for SUDO 
(a prominent Sudanese tribal reconciliation NGO) and currently the 
lead engineer for the Nyala Water and Environmental Services 
Corporation, the Dadjo are currently cooperating with the GoS and 
reportedly have an agreement with government forces for their 
protection against the majority Fur. 
 
 
KHARTOUM 00000541  002 OF 002 
 
 
BANDITRY AND REBEL ACTIVITY 
--------------------------- 
8. (SBU) As in El Fasher/North Darfur, banditry remains a constant 
problem in Nyala/South Darfur, according to UN interlocutors. 
Mulders noted there had been more than 21 incidents of banditry in 
South Darfur in the first quarter of 2008.  He cited Tortahan, 
northeast of Nyala, where the lack of law and order is so extreme 
that he recommended a UNAMID company be redeployed there from its 
base in Sarif Umra to try to keep the peace.  During his two-day 
visit to Tortahan, Mulders said there had been five security 
incidents, each one involving a different player in the Darfur 
conflict: the GoS, Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory groups, 
Zaghawa sub-tribes, and break-away factions of rebel/janjaweed 
leader Hameti who has repeatedly threatened to break his ties with 
the regime and join the rebels. 
 
9. (SBU) Mulder said rebel activity in South Darfur is especially 
heavy north of Kass, where SLA/Abdulwahid forces have been 
car-jacking trucks and running them (with Justice and Equality 
Movement [JEM] assistance) to Bahai on the northern part of the 
Sudan-Chad border, where they are reportedly sold for $40,000 each 
and taken to Libya.  Regarding fighting between rival SLA factions 
Free Will and Minni Minawi, Mulders reported the situation as 
currently calm although there were reports of significant fighting 
between the two groups in early March.  Mulders said that SLA/Free 
Will has few resources and is in desperate need of vehicles.  He 
reported allegations that the GoS is now arming Free Will, however. 
This "divide and conquer" tactic on the part of the GoS has 
infuriated SLA/Minni (who is himself part of the GoS), and Mulders 
predicted this tension will lead to more fighting between the 
factions in the near future. 
 
10. (SBU) Both Reyes and Mulders noted that Arab tribal leader 
Hameti is not as powerful now as he once was in South Darfur.  The 
Gos reportedly promised to integrate into the Sudanese Armed Forces 
2500 of Hameti's fighters, 57 of whom were promised officer rank. 
Reyes and Mulders claimed he had little credibility left with the 
local populations for going back to the GoS but that the rebels, 
particularly JEM and SLA/Abdulwahid, had not yet written him off. 
 
COMMENT 
------- 
11. (SBU) While there is insecurity in both El Fasher and Nyala, one 
difference between the two locations is the level of janjaweed 
activity.  UN interlocutors in Nyala noted the drop in the number of 
South Darfur janjaweed attacks, while janjaweed activity is on the 
rise in El Fasher (reftel).  Another difference may possibly be seen 
in the degree of command and control exercised by GoS police 
authorities.  El Fasher's police force follows Khartoum's dictates 
closely.  However the example Mulders cited about GoS police 
complicity with the Habaniyya tribe against the Salamat - and the 
subsequent inquiry from Khartoum headquarters - shows a possible 
breakdown in the chain of command.  The most significant aspect of 
insecurity in South Darfur, however, is the increasing lawlessness 
that is spread by rebel forces preying on humanitarian operations 
and the anarchy of war and violence by all against all. 
 
13. (U) Tripoli minimize considered. 
 
FERNANDEZ