Sudanese General Holds Talks About Joining Southern Sudan Army
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A former Southern Sudan militia leader currently serving as a general in Sudan’s army began talks with the semi-autonomous region’s leader to switch sides ahead of an independence referendum next year.
“We have not reached that conclusion, but we are in the process of negotiating,” Sudanese Armed Forces Major-General Gabriel Tanginye said in an interview after a meeting today with Southern Sudanese President Salva Kiir in the capital, Juba.