Tijani Sese
Tijani Sese is a Sudanese Darfuri politician. He was the leader Darfur Regional Government from 2011 to 2016 and a state minister of finance and the governor of Darfur in the government of Sadiq Al-Mahdi from 1986 to 1989. Sese was also the leader of Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) a rebel group in Darfur.
Biography
[edit]Tijani Sese, a member of the Fur Tribe and a former economics professor of Khartoum University, was named the Darfur governor and a state minister of finance by Sadiq al-Mahdi in 1986.[1] He also was a member of the National Umma Party headed by al-Mahdi. In 2010, Sese created the rebel group LJM. LJM participated in the Doha Peace Process and after signing a ceasefire with the government, Sese was declared the leader of Darfur Regional Government on 27 December 2011 in El Fasher.[2][3] This appointment was initially contested by other rebel groups as Sese hadn't lived in Darfur for 20 years.[4] On 16 March 2011 Sese called for UNAMID forces to be replaced by joint Chadian Sudanese forces.[2] In 2014, An elder brother of Sese was killed in Darfur.[5] In 2018, Sese was ousted as the leader of the LJM after being accused of entering his own personal militiamen in to a disarmament process instead of LJM ex-combatants.[6][7] In 2021, Sese launched a new political coalition called National Movement Forces alliance (NMF).[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile: Tijani Sese". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ a b "DARFUR PEACE PROCESS CHRONOLOGY" (PDF). Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "Sese appointed president of Darfur regional authority". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "Brother of DRA head killed, hospital guard shot in Central Darfur". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "Head of Darfur Authority accused of fraud over DDR programme". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "Darfur: El Tijani Sese ousted as chairman of Liberation and Justice Movement". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "Sese: 'Multiple initiatives complicate Sudan negotiations'". 29 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2026.