Sudanese army recapture North Darfur's Haskanita
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March 25, 2014 (KHARTUM) - The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Tuesday
announced the recapture of Haskanita, in the remote southern part of
North Darfur state, from the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement - Minni
Minnawi (SLM-MM).
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A Darfurian woman stands outside a burnt house in Mellit on 25 March
(Photo UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran)
Last Friday and Saturday the Sudanese army and its militias retook
Alleit Jar-Elnaby and Al-Tawisha which are not far from Haskanita . On
Monday, it announced the seizure of Ba'ashim area, north-west of
Mellit in North Darfur".
After announcing the takeover of Haskanita, Al-Sawarmi Khaled told
reporters that the Sudanese troops are chasing the "fugitive remnants"
of rebels who are heading to the areas of eastern Jebel Marra .
"The Armed Forces confirm its full control over the areas affected by
the attacks that rebels launched on several places of the state of
North Darfur," he further said.
The SLM-MM and a small faction led by a rebel commander called Ali
Karbino, attacked several areas in South Darfur and North Darfur since
the end of February.
According to the UN agencies, the clashes between the army and rebels
displaced over 81,300 villagers. Many fled to the poorly equipped
camps for the internally displaced persons, while the Sudanese
authorities banned the humanitarian access to the affected areas.
REBEL DENIAL
The SLM-MM spokesperson, Abdullah Mursal and the group's military
spokesperson Adam Saleh Abakar released two statements denying the
recapture of Ba'ashim area, north-west of Mellit in North Darfur.
The rebel group said they repulsed the attack, adding they destroyed
30 military vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition and sized 7
others.
The SLM-MM officials said the government militias fled to unknown
destinations leaving behind the corpses of militiamen killed during
the fighting.
DABAJO VISITS AFFECTED CIVILIANS
The head of a former rebel faction, Justice and Equality Movement -
Sudan (JEM-Sudan), Bakheit Abdallah Abdel-Karim (Dabajo), arrived on
Tuesday to the capital of North Darfur state, Al-Fasher, to inspect
the humanitarian situation in the areas affected by the recent rebel
attacks.
The group further said in a statement on Tuesday that Dabajo will also
brief JEM-Sudan members about the recent steps in the implementations
of the peace agreement and prepare the combatants to engage in the
implementations of security arrangements deal and the DDR process.
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