Fresh clashes between Sudanese army and SPLM-N in South Kordofan - Article <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article48949#tabs-1> - Comments (2) <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article48949#tabs-2>
[image: email] Email<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=enviar_email_articulo&id_article=48949> [image: print] Print<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=48949> [image: pdf]Save<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=spipdf&spipdf=spipdf_article&id_article=48949&nom_fichier=article_48949> [image: separation] [image: increase] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article48949#> [image: decrease] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article48949#> [image: separation] [image: separation] ------------------------------ November 26, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on Monday said they destroyed a government military convoy at Umm Kraisha, west of Wali area in South Kordofan state While, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), on the same day, announced the beginning of extensive military operations to end rebellion in the country and pledged to eliminate all rebel groups by the end of the next summer. The SPLM-N spokesperson, Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, said in a statement released on Monday that their forces inflicted heavy casualties on SAF in Umm Kraisha, in Nuba Mountains. He further pointed that they captured 3 tanks in good condition and more than 20 mounted vehicles. The rebel official stressed that fighting is still going on in Karko and Northern Sabi areas, west of Dilling . Earlier this month, the Sudanese defence minister, Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, announced the beginning of the summer military operations which aims to end rebellion in Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile. Peace talks between the two parties are deadlocked as they have failed to reach a common ground for the negotiations. The government offers to discuss only the conflict in the Two Areas with the SPLM-N while the rebels demand holistic process. The commander of SAF’s 14th infantry division, Abdel-Hadi Abdalla, promised in a public rally in Dilling to bring the rebel groups to peace by force, saying that SAF launched extensive military operations at multiple war zones in order to bring rebellion to an end. Abdalla stressed that SAF carry out its duties and responsibilities in accordance with the constitution and the law, saying that it protects people against negative practices of the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) who according to him target and loot civilian areas. He further affirmed SAF’s ability to end rebellion in South Kordofan state by the end of the next summer. The governor of South Kordofan, Adam Al-Faki, for his part, asserted the need to cleanse the state of the SRF who targets innocent civilians and said that the precarious security situation in the state particularly Dilling affected the provision of various services, vowing to solve all state’s problems. He renewed the call for the rebels to resort to dialogue as the only means for ending war and achieving peace. Al-Faki pointed that all citizens in the SPLM-N controlled areas could resort to any of SAF’s positions in areas of military operations west of Dilling. He emphasised that the government is keen to protect citizens and ensure their safety, calling upon local administration leaders to play a bigger role in convincing the rebels to meet the desires of citizens in achieving peace. Since 2011 the SPLM-N have fought SAF and their aligned militia the Popular Defence Forces (PDF) in South Kordofan state. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14or0XU0WFTBXK4RL%2BM%2BeYy395upeXCDwaM8XOqFbdPFm2w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
