JEM rebels report fresh clashes with Sudanese army Article Comments (3) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
April 11 2011 (KHARTOUM) — An alliance of Darfur rebel groups have claimed that they roundly defeated forces of the Sudanese government in clashes that occurred on Sunday north of the country’s troubled western region. FILE: An armoured column of JEM fighting vehicles drive to a meeting between its leader Khalil Ibrahim, and UN AU Envoys for Darfur on 18 April 2008 (Reuters) A statement released by the Justice and Equality Movement on Monday (JEM) said that its forces joined by those of Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Minni Minnawi and SLM Unity fighters clashed on Sunday with government forces in Sago Talag area located 50km north of Muzbat, North Darfur. The rebel group said that ground and air forces of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) had suffered “a crushing defeat” and left behind “substantial” causalities as well as destroyed vehicles after the allied groups forced them to flee the battlefields. No comment was made by SAF in response to the rebels’ claims. Darfur rebel groups have recently fought joint battles against SAF forces as the Sudanese government remains engaged in floundering peace talks with the Liberation and Justice Movement in the Qatari capital of Doha. JEM recently announced withdrawal from the peace talks, citing objections against the government’s plan to organize a referendum on the administrative makeup of Darfur region. Darfur region has been steeped in a conflict that killed 300,000 people and displaced 2.7 million since it erupted in 2003,according to UN figures. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
