The Sudan Popular Liberation Army (SPLA) is threatening to resume the civil war, the London-based daily Al-Hayyat reports.
SPLA members are complaining that the government of southern Sudan has not paid them their salaries for the past seven months. Violent confrontations have already erupted in the oil-rich southern region of Al-Wahda, causing the deaths of 14, including five soldiers.
The civil war in the southern regions of Sudan was brought to an end in 2005 after 20 years. The SPLA, however, is still looking for proof that the central Sudanese government will give the south its fair share of the oil revenues.
Meanwhile, the western region of Darfur is also trying to resolve its security issues. United States’ President George W. Bush met on Tuesday with the leader of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), Minni Minnawi. The SLA is one of three Darfur armed factions which signed a peace treaty with the central Sudanese government earlier this year. Bush has asked Minnawi to work with the other factions to try to get broader support for the peace deal.