Party of South Sudan accuses northern troops deploy

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The main party in southern Sudan on Monday accused the north to deploy armed police in Blue Nile State, on the border between the two regions during the counting of votes after controversial elections.

Blue Nile, on the border between north and south, close to Ethiopia, was one of the biggest areas of battle during the civil war in Sudan between 1983 and 2005.

state remains a potential flashpoint, while oil-producing country moving with the previous elections a referendum in 2011 on the independence of the south.

The poll was convened under a peace agreement that ended the civil conflict and should help the country return to democracy.

A Sudanese police source said the force was increasing its presence to face to the announcement of election results.

“They are executing the security plan established by the election,” the source said. “These are regular measures,” he said.

Movement The Southern People”s Liberation Movement (SPLM, for its acronym in English) said it had information that the North has deployed troops in the region over the past two days and would not accept an attempt to influence the counting of votes for state governor.

“They are deploying troops there trying to manipulate elections (…) (…) It is unacceptable. is the limit and will not accept it, “said the presidential candidate of the SPLM, Yasir Arman, a press conference.

An official with the SPLM in Nile Blue, Suleiman Osman, told Reuters that more than 2,000 armed police were deployed with 18 vehicles on the streets of the state capital Damazin.

(Additional reporting by Opheera McDoom; Published in Spanish by Marion Giraldo)