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The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is a rebel group involved in the Darfur conflict of Sudan. It is led by Khalil Ibrahim. Along with other rebel groups such as the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), they are fighting against the Sudanese government. The JEM is also a member of the Eastern Front, a rebel coalition formerly active in the east of Sudan along the Eritrean border. After the Eastern Front signed a peace deal with the central government, the JEM lost access to its funding from Eritrea.
The JEM traces its foundation to the writers of the Black Book, a manuscript published in 2000 that details the structural inequity in the country.
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The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is a rebel group involved in the Darfur conflict of Sudan. It is led by Khalil Ibrahim. Along with other rebel groups such as the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), they are fighting against the Sudanese government. The JEM is also a member of the Eastern Front, a rebel coalition formerly active in the east of Sudan along the Eritrean border. After the Eastern Front signed a peace deal with the central government, the JEM lost access to its funding from Eritrea.
The JEM traces its foundation to the writers of the Black Book, a manuscript published in 2000 that details the structural inequity in the country. JEM espouses an Islamist ideology, and the government links the group to Hassan al-Turabi, although leaders of the group and Turabi himself deny the claim. However, al-Turabi blames the government for "aggravating the situation."
On January 20, 2006, the Justice and Equality Movement declared a merger with the Sudan Liberation Movement, along with other rebel groups, to form the Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan. However, the JEM and SLM negotiated as separate groups with peace talks with the government in May 2006.
In October 2007, the JEM attacked the Defra oilfield in the Kordofan region of Sudan. The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company, a Chinese-led consortium, controls the field. The next month, a group of 135 Chinese engineers arrived in Darfur to work on the Defra field. Ibrahim told reporters, "We oppose them coming because the Chinese are not interested in human rights. It is just interested in Sudan's resources." The JEM claims that the revenue from oil sold to China funds the Sudanese government and the Janjaweed militia.
On the morning of December 11 2007, Khalil Ibrahim claimed that JEM forces fought and defeated Sudanese government troops guarding a Chinese-run oilfield in the Kordofan region. Khartoum officials, however, denied that any oil fields had come under attack. Ibrahim said that the attack was part of a JEM campaign to rid Sudan of Chinese-run oilfields and stated that "[The JEM] want all Chinese companies to leave. They have been warned many times. They should not be there."
On May 11, 2008 JEM attacked the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The government declared victory, saying that the attack had been repelled and leading members of the group had been killed, although the JEM said that the attack was successful. Eltahir Elkaki, the General Secretary of JEM's legislative council, vowed that the war would henceforth be fought across the country, saying that "We haven't changed our tactics. From the beginning, Jem is a national movement and it has a national agenda." Khalil Ibrahim declared that "This is just the start of a process and the end is the termination of this regime".
Introduction
JEM is a Sudanese Rebel Movement That launch itself in 1994 when it's current leader Dr.Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed & others felt it was high time for the people of Sudan in Darfur to remain suffering in silence within the prevailing marginalization & deprivation from their legitimate rights as citizens. Furthermore, they felt that there has been a chronic Imbalance of Power and Wealth in the Sudan since independence from Britain. This marginalization was a consequence of hegemony by a minority of elites from one region with a population of less than 5% of the population of Sudan.
By 2002 the group that spearheaded the rebellion tried peaceful means to rectify the imbalance through a dialogue but the ruling national congress party (NCP) declined & said that they would only negotiate with those who carry arms because they assumed power by June 30th 1989 military coup de etat. Accordingly, JEM was forced to take up arms to struggle for the cause of people of Sudan in Darfur.
JEM is a national rebel movement which believes that peace is a strategic option, provided that the Government of Sudan(GOS) decides to resolve the crisis in Darfur through serious talks. However, if the GOS chooses to go ahead with it's military & security mentality JEM forces are capable to defend the civilians & confront the aggressor as it did in previous major battles such as the Battle of Omdurman , code named OPERATION LONG ARM(OPLA) on Saturday the 10th of MAY 2008 .
The main objective of JEM is to bring about change the people of Sudan believe in which is democracy, freedom, rule of law, justice, equality and the concept of citizenship as the only identity for being a Sudanese .
External links
- The JEM's homepage
- - Images of the Justice and Equality Movement and Darfur's displaced
- , The Power and Interest News Report
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- BBC background on the SLA and JEM:
- BBC Darfur on the brink of new conflict as the SLA now joins the government fighting against rebel groups including the JEM:
- - Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company's website.
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