Both Diu (d. c. 1972) or Böth Diew was a politician who was one of the leaders of the Liberal Party in Sudan in the years before and after independence in 1956.
[1] Both Diu did not attend formal education, but managed to obtain a job as a house servant of the British District Commissioner in Khartoum.
[7] The Southern Sudanese Political Movement was founded in 1951 by Stanislaus Paysama, Abdel Rahman Sule and Both Diu.
[8] As the Secretary General of the party, Both Diu protested to the United Nations against the agreement that had been reached by the Constitution Amendment Commission.
Prime minister Ismael Azhari described this as seditious talk and threatened to use force to prevent secession.
[11] Ismael Azhari eliminated Buth Diu and Bullen Alier from his cabinet for their criticism of the policy of his government on Southern Sudan.
This government paid lip service to a peaceful solution to the southern problem, while waging an increasingly brutal war against the Anyanya rebels.
[14] Both Diu died soon after the 1972 Peace Accord was signed in Addis Ababa, ending the First Sudanese Civil War.
[2] He had tried to bridge the huge gap between the south and the realities of northern politics, and often failed to satisfy either camp.
[17] Both Diu once said that Sudan was like an eagle with a broken wing, dragging itself along the ground, becoming weaker each day, longing to return to the freedom of the skies.