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Minnawi was rewarded for signing the peace agreement with a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush in July 2006

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 town Korma, resulting in the deaths of at least 80 people. ^[1] Minnawi was appointed the top Sudanese official in the Darfur region, as chairman of the Regional Interim Authority of Darfur, and is the fourth ranking member of the Presidency, as Senior Assistant to the President of the Republic. On September 14, Minnawi broke ranks with the Sudanese government when he stated that he does not object to the new UN peacekeeping force detailed in UNSC Resolution 1706. ^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Minni_Minnawi_and_George_W_Bush_(cropped). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Minni_Minnawi_and_George_W_Bush_(cropped). ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... The Sudan Liberation Army or SLA is a band of armed insurgents based in southern Sudan. ... Combatants factions of the SLA Justice & Equality Mvmnt Janjaweed Government of Sudan Minnawi-faction of the SLA Commanders SLA: ? JEM: ? Janjaweed: ? Sudan: Omar al-Bashir SLA: Minni Minnawi Casualties 300,000 civilians killed The Darfur conflict is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between... May 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ... Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands. ... Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning home of the Fur) is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. ... This page contains a list of presidents and other heads of state of Sudan. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... Combatants factions of the SLA Justice & Equality Mvmnt Janjaweed Government of Sudan Minnawi-faction of the SLA Commanders SLA: ? JEM: ? Janjaweed: ? Sudan: Omar al-Bashir SLA: Minni Minnawi Casualties 300,000 civilians killed The Darfur conflict is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between... United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706 was a United Nations Security Council resolution intended to resolve the Darfur conflict. ...

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