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Viewing cable 08KHARTOUM549, POSSIBLE SPLM-RIZEIGAT ALLIANCE IN SOUTH DARFUR?

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KHARTOUM549 2008-04-10 11:09 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Khartoum
VZCZCXRO8503
PP RUEHGI RUEHMA RUEHROV
DE RUEHKH #0549/01 1011109
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 101109Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0513
INFO RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE
RHMFISS/CJTF HOA
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KHARTOUM 000549 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/SPG, S/CRS 
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR/SUDAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE SPLM-RIZEIGAT ALLIANCE IN SOUTH DARFUR? 
 
 
1.  (SBU)  SUMMARY:  In meetings in Nyala with emboffs on November 
7, multiple political leaders reported that the Arab (Baggara) 
Rizeigat tribe had created an alliance with the SPLM.  However, on 
November 7, the Nazir of the Rizeigat denied any association with 
the SPLM, scoffing at the idea and calling it part of Sudan's 
political game.  Although SLM-Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) leaders in 
Nyala appeared supportive of the SPLM-Rizeigat partnership, 
expressed hope for more coordination with the SPLM, and avowed great 
admiration for Salva Kiir, they stated that the SPLM has an almost 
non-existent presence in Nyala - one that has not reached out to 
SLM-MM.  The North Darfur Minister of Health, a prominent SPLM 
member, told FieldOff on April 9 that the MOU under discussion grew 
out of the recent defection of ten prominent Rizeigat National 
Congress Party members to the SPLM, in the continuation of an 
alliance born from necessity.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (SBU)  On April 7, the Fur Maqdum, Ahmad Adam Rijaal, told 
emboffs that the SPLM had recently signed an agreement with the 
Rizeigat of South Darfur.  He stated that the Rizeigat and SPLM are 
organizing a meeting in Daein scheduled for April 18 where it is 
expected that they will formally announce this alliance. 
 
3.  (SBU) Also on April 7, three SLM-MM leaders reported to emboffs 
that the Rizeigat and SPLM were close to reaching an agreement. 
Hassan Salah Nahas, Khata Arko Minnawi (brother of Minni Minawi), 
both of the Security Arrangements Committee, and Mohamed Kobay, a 
former representative to the Ceasefire Commission, told emboffs that 
seven native Rizeigat administrators from Buram and Daein are 
currently visiting Juba to discuss an alliance with the SPLM.  They 
stated that this coordination is logical, as the Rizeigat have a 
historical and cultural affinity with Southerners due to their 
nomadic migration patterns during the summer months.  However, they 
did not trust that an agreement would hold because many Southern 
Sudanese still believed that the Rizeigat could return to their 
alliance with the GoS at any time (since this tribe had made up many 
of the janjaweed employed by the GoS to fight against the SPLA 
during the North-South war).  Nahas warned that the NCP would 
attempt to do everything within its power to break this alleged 
alliance between the Rizeigat and the SPLM. 
 
4.  (SBU) SLM-MM leaders stated that they were intrigued by the idea 
of this partnership, but not optimistic that the SPLM could bring 
change to Darfur.  They said that if Salva Kiir came to Nyala, he 
would get a bigger reception than would President Bashir, but that 
there has not been any coordination between SLM-MM and the SPLM in 
Nyala.  They said that SLM-MM's main concern is not building 
alliances, but rather attempting to implement the Darfur Peace 
Agreement.  They reported that the SPLM has very little presence in 
Nyala, but that it may be more active in other areas of south Darfur 
such as Daein, where it reportedly maintains its South Darfur 
headquarters.  Mohamed Kobay said he already doubts the usefulness 
of political participation as "there is no freedom for political 
activities in Darfur - bad things will happen to you if you look 
like you are stronger than the National Congress Party (NCP)." 
 
5.  (SBU) Later on April 7, the Nazir of the Rizeigat (who is in a 
position to know), Sayyed Musa Madibbo, told emboffs that the 
discussion of a SPLM-Rizegat partnership is "completely false."  The 
Rizeigat Nazir denied SPLM-Rizeigat coordination, stating that these 
are "just games" used to stage political attacks.  He said that it 
is possible that some of the Rizeigat tribal leaders are affiliated 
with the SPLM, but their number is very few and almost 
insignificant.  Last year the SPLM was able to sign up some Rizeigat 
irregular forces in the area of Abu Matariq in South Darfur [Note: 
Madibbo is also head of the Native Administration, an organization 
of traditional leaders of 16 major tribes in Darfur.  End Note.] 
 
6.  (SBU) The North Darfur Minister of Health, Abdel Shafee Essa 
Mustafa, a prominent SPLM member in El Fasher, told FieldOff on 
April 9 that the current discussions about the Rizeigat-SPLM 
alliance grew out of a defection at the end of March by ten 
prominent Rizeigat from the NCP to the SPLM.  These officials were 
prominent NCP members in Daien, including mayors of given areas, and 
the Minister noted that the GoS was not happy about this defection. 
He recounted that the Rizeigat-SPLM alliance was not new but had 
been born out of necessity, as the Rizeigat needed the South's land 
for cattle grazing during the summer months, requiring a 
relationship with the SPLM.  He added that this relationship 
deepened after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
(CPA) in 2005, when the Rizeigat, employed by the GoS as janjaweed 
militias against the SPLA, suddenly found themselves without the 
peace dividends offered to the GoS and the SPLM under the CPA.  The 
Minister noted that this sense of exclusion drove 30,000 Rizeigat 
into SPLM ranks since the CPA signing. 
 
7.  (SBU) COMMENT: Despite the Rizegat Nazir's denial, something 
formal may be in the works between the SPLM and Rizeigat in South 
Darfur (the SPLM leadership has not yet confirmed the alliance in 
 
KHARTOUM 00000549  002 OF 002 
 
 
conversations with us in Juba or Khartoum, but we will continue to 
seek confirmation as this is potentially a significant development). 
 The Rizeigat Nazir stuck to the party line and refused to confirm 
the alliance as well.  However we question his influence among his 
people due to divisions among the Rizeigat themselves (the Nazir's 
brother, Ibrahim, is a leader of SLA/Free Will and reportedly signed 
an agreement with the GoS in Saudi Arabia in 2007).  The SLM-MM 
leaders' avowed admiration of the SPLM in general contrasts with 
their pessimism regarding the SPLM's organization in South Darfur 
(despite the presence in Nyala of Omar Abdulrahman, the Minister of 
Agriculture, former SPLA colonel and former confidant of John 
Garang).  As the SPLM works to transform itself into a truly 
national party, it should not only focus on Darfur's many tribes, 
but also strengthen its relationships with the DPA signatories. 
 
FERNANDEZ