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Minni Arcua Minnawi (born about 1972) is the leader of the largest faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army.

Under Minnawi's leadership, his SLA faction signed a peace agreement, known as the May agreement, with the Khartoum government in May 2006.






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Minni Arcua Minnawi (born about 1972) is the leader of the largest faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army.

Under Minnawi's leadership, his SLA faction signed a peace agreement, known as the May agreement, with the Khartoum government in May 2006. Nevertheless, fighting has continued with Minnawi's group fighting other SLA factions. In July 2006, fighting broke out around the northern Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
 town Korma, resulting in the deaths of at least 80 people. Minnawi was appointed the top Sudanese official in the Darfur region, as chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority
Transitional Darfur Regional Authority

The Transitional Darfur Regional Authority is an interim authority for the Darfur region of Sudan. The TDRA was established in April 2007 under the terms of the Darfur Peace Agreement signed in May 2006....
, and is the fourth ranking member of the Presidency, as Senior Assistant to the President of the Republic.

On September 14, 2006, Minnawi broke ranks with the Sudanese government when he stated that he does not object to the new UN peacekeeping force
Darfur conflict

The War in Darfur is a conflict that is in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Unlike the Second Sudanese Civil War, the current lines of conflict are seen by some reporters to be ethnic and tribal, rather than religious....
 detailed in UNSC Resolution 1706
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706 was a United Nations United Nations Security Council United Nations resolution intended to resolve the Darfur conflict....
.