Minni Minnawi

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Suliman Arcua Minnawi (Arabic: سليمان أركو مناوي; born 12 December 1968), also known as "Minni Minnawi" (مني مناوي), is a Sudanese politician and the leader of a faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army. A former educator, Minnawi served as secretary to Sudan Liberation Army leader Abdul Wahid al-Nur before the organization split in 2004. He was a prominent rebel commander of the Darfuri rebel group Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) during the 2000s conflict, and later signed a peace agreement to join the government. He later went back into opposition, and was finally appointed Governor of Darfur under a transitional framework after the signing of the Juba peace accord. Minnawi signed a treaty, known as the Darfur Peace Agreement, with the Khartoum government in May 2006. Nevertheless, in July 2006, fighting broke out around the North Darfur town of Korma, resulting in the deaths of at least 80 people. In the same year, Minnawi was appointed the top Sudanese official in the Darfur region,...

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