KHARTOUM â The Sudanese authorities have arrested a senior official who represents the troubled Darfur region for the leading opposition Umma Party, his family and party said Thursday. Adam Mussa Madibbu, an Umma political department member who is close to party leader Sadeq Al-Mahdi, was summoned Wednesday by the security services in Khartoum who then detained him for âtwo or three days,â his son Madibbu Adam Madibbu told AFP. The reasons for the arrest were not made clear, he added.
| My guess is that they don't like him... |
However, the younger Madibbu said his father told him the arrest may be linked to his comments at a recent meeting of various political parties from the Darfur region organized by ruling National Congress party officials. âMy father said he had expressed his opinion about finding a solution to the Darfur problem, arguing that the sons of Darfur should find such a solution,â said the younger Madibbu. An Umma Party official who asked not to be named agreed the elder Madibbu may have run into trouble for expressing his opinion at the meeting. The elder Madibbu, an architect, served as transport minister during a multiparty democratic government set up under prime minister Sadeq Al-Mahdi, who was overthrown in 1989.
| Yep. Expressing an opinion's usually a good way to get yourself in trouble in Sudan... |
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