Khartoum, which is trying to end the Darfur conflict after South Sudan`s secession and the emergence of new armed conflicts in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, said it intended to participate seriously in the implementation of the agreement, but refused to start further talks with rebels against the deal. This agreement should be followed by a separate agreement with other groups present in Doha. Hashim Hamad, a leader of Tripoli`s revolutionary forces, which have just merged with another coalition of factions called the Liberation and Justice Movement, told Radio Dabanga that consultations were underway to create another framework agreement. Sisi, who was warmly welcomed by his supporters at the airport, promised to work tirelessly to implement the agreement, saying, “It reflects the aspirations of the people of Darfur.” He also stressed that the Doha Agreement, supported by the international and regional communities, will open “a new phase for peace” in the troubled region. The head of SLM-MM, Minni Minawi, thanked all those who tried to overcome the obstacle of the pre-negotiation agreement, in particular UNAMID, the African Union and the governments of the United States, Qatar, Germany and the Troika (United Kingdom, United States, Norway). The international community`s enthusiasm for the results of this two-year process was reflected in its participation in the signing ceremony on 14 July. While a number of African dignitaries, including the presidents of Chad, Eritrea and Sudan itself, were present at the event, senior Western diplomats were visibly absent. The implication, of course, is that none of the Western countries involved in the negotiations thought this event was significant enough to attend – a bad indication of the success of this agreement. The JeM spokesman said in a statement that a pre-negotiation agreement would follow if the government approved the amendment to the agreement. Radio Dabanga assumes that this amendment was made because both sides do not want to talk about the problems of Darfur or Sudan, but about the issues of democracy, economy, etc., which emanate from Khartoum. The agreement committed the Government of the Sudan of National Unity to complete the verifiable disarmament and demobilization of the Janjaweed militias by mid-October 2006; it also restricted the freedom of movement of the People`s Defence Forces and demanded their reduction. A detailed and progressive plan has been put in place to ensure that the African Union certifies that the Janjaweed and other armed militias have been disarmed before rebel forces gather and prepare for their own disarmament and demobilization.

The agreement provided for the integration of 4,000 former combatants into the Sudanese armed forces, the integration of 1,000 into the police and the support of 3,000 through education and training programmes. Ex-combatants were to be integrated into groups of 100 to 150 men and to represent 33 per cent of each integrated battalion. The Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW), refuses to negotiate with the government and first calls for the dissolution of government-backed militias. Wahid told Radio Dabanga that this was a fake peace process for the elections and a repeat of the Abuja agreement. In this agreement, the SLM signed a peace agreement under the leadership of Minni Minawi. JeM and SLM-AW refused to sign a peace agreement in Abuja. Buffer zones should be established around IDP camps and humanitarian aid corridors. A commission has been established to work with the United Nations to help refugees and displaced persons return home. The agreement stipulated that the Sudanese government would compensate $30 million to the victims of the conflict. Minister of State Amin Hassan Omer, who chairs the Follow-up Committee on the Implementation of the Doha Agreement, reiterated Nafie`s statements and reiterated the government`s commitment to uphold the agreement in order to achieve a comprehensive peace in Darfur.

Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud told the meeting that Qatar`s role will not stop at the signing of the peace agreement, but will directly contribute to supporting development and reconstruction projects in Darfur and providing the necessary assistance for the return of displaced people to their villages. There are many signs that the results of Doha will indeed be little more than a flash on the radar screen, especially for those still in Darfur. The first, and most frequently discussed, mistake is the lack of inclusion of key rebel groups in the agreement, including the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and factions of the Sudanese Liberation Army, SLA-Minni Minnawi and SLA-Abdel Wahid. These groups are still involved in military operations on the ground, while Sudanese forces continue to bomb their suspected sites with airstrikes. Moreover, unlike these other groups, the LJM was in many ways the creation of international mediators involved in the Doha process who were interested in uniting the many rebel factions in Darfur into a single entity that would negotiate with the Government on behalf of the people of Darfur. The real result has been a rebel group with limited political or military influence on the ground and little support for the Darfuris. The Darfur All-Stakeholder Conference, which aimed to gain popular support for the agreement negotiated by the JML, was flawed even as participation was controlled in many ways and the conference participants never really considered the document. LJM`s ability to make a real contribution to the achievement of peace in the region is therefore highly doubtful.

Democratic processes have been put in place to enable the people of Darfur to elect their leaders and determine their status as a region. The rebels who signed the agreement won the 4th highest post in Sudan`s government of national unity: senior assistant to the president and chairman of the new Darfur Transitional Regional Authority (TDRA). TDRA has been given responsibility for the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement, with the rebel movements having effective control over the darfur peace agreement. A popular referendum was to be held in July 2010 to decide whether Darfur should be established as a unified region with a single government. For the three-year period leading up to the elections, the agreement granted the rebel movements twelve seats in the National Assembly in Khartoum, 21 seats each in Darfur State parliaments, one governor and two deputy governors in Darfur, high-level positions in state ministries and key positions in local governments. In a statement he issued on the eve of Sisi`s return to Khartoum, Amin said that by sending his minister of state, who had negotiated the peace agreement with joint chief mediator Djibril Bassole, Qatar wanted to “send the message that its role is not over with the signing of the DDPD, but is a full partner in the implementation of the peace agreement on the ground.” The 2011 Darfur Peace Agreement, also known as the Doha Agreement, was signed in July 2011 between the Sudanese government and the Liberation and Justice Movement. The agreement established a compensation fund for victims of the Darfur conflict, enabled the President of the Sudan to appoint a Vice-President of Darfur and established a new Darfur Regional Authority to monitor the region until a referendum could determine its permanent status in the Republic of the Sudan. [6] The agreement also provided for power-sharing at the national level: the movements that sign the agreement have the right to appoint two ministers and two four ministers of state at the federal level and can appoint 20 members for the national legislature. The movements will have the right to appoint two governors of the states of the Darfur region. [7] According to JEM spokesman Mutasim Saleh, the first signing took place on Friday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, in the presence of Mousa El Faki, the Secretary General of the African Union. This marked the end of a series of two-day meetings to discuss the future of the Darfur peace process and the obstacles it faces, which are represented in the agreement prior to negotiations and the cessation of hostilities, as well as the conduct of negotiations in accordance with the African Union Reconciliation Road Map (AUHIP).

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the government yesterday signed the Peace Framework for a Final Peace. .