{"id":416757,"date":"2011-05-04T00:16:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T00:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/call-bashirs-bluff-now\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T00:16:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T00:16:07","slug":"call-bashirs-bluff-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/call-bashirs-bluff-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Bashir’s Bluff Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nairobi \u2014 True to his threat just two days ago, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir’s army invaded the disputed Abyei region and killed 12 people before retreating.<\/p>\n

However, the blame goes to the leaders of the Eastern African region, who have not made it clear to Khartoum that full implementation of the Sudanese peace deal is not negotiable.<\/p>\n

The tendency by these leaders to look the other way when belligerence rears its head could now cost the region the peace it deserves.<\/p>\n

With the Somalia question likely to become more complicated after the death of Osama bin Laden, the leaders cannot afford to let Southern Sudan go to war with the North.<\/p>\n

President Bashir might have taken advantage of their total preoccupation with the death of Osama, and the political turmoil in Uganda, to play dangerous games with the peace deal.<\/p>\n

The regional leaders ought to have sent an unequivocal message earlier that any breach of the CPA will be met with unanimous hostility.<\/p>\n

They must not allow Khartoum to blackmail the region that he either gets what he wants or he goes to war. They should call his bluff.<\/p>\n

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