Sudan’s government launched a large-scale military campaign in areas controlled by the Darfur armed movements and rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N ) in the Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states. This comes amid reports that the authorities are anticipating surprises from the rebels in the northern and central parts of Sudan. About This [...]
The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) claims to have destroyed a government convoy carrying 2,000 troops on Monday who were attempting to recapture the city of Abu Karshola in South Kordofan. They also claim to have killed and wounded dozens of government troops and that they have captured vehicles and military equipment. These latest reports could [...]
The attack marks the biggest push by a rebel alliance that is seeking to topple President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Fighting had hitherto been limited mainly to remote regions of Darfur and South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, which border South Sudan. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which launched an unprecedented assault on Khartoum in [...]
Khartoum — Sudanese government and a splinter rebel faction of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) will hold talks aiming to reach a peace agreement in the Qatari capital Doha next week, a Sudanese minister said. Amin Hassan Omer, Sudan’s chief negotiator for the talks of with Darfur rebel groups and head of the Doha Document [...]
By Regan Doherty DOHA | Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:23pm EDT DOHA (Reuters) – A second Sudanese rebel group in the western region of Darfur has agreed to start Qatar-sponsored peace talks with the government in Khartoum, officials said on Tuesday, in the first attempt by mediators to revive a stalled peace process. The move [...]
October 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A leading member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) warned the South Sudanese government against continuing to harbour Darfur rebel groups saying that it poses a direct threat to their cooperation agreement. Map of South Sudan’s Unity State. Referring to a reported visit of Gibril Ibrahim, Justice and Equality [...]
October 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Leaders of a splinter rebel group of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) arrived to the Qatari capital Doha where they consult with mediators on ways to negotiate with the Sudanese government. An elderly Sudanese refugee man at the refugee camp of Zamzam, North Darfur April 12, 2010 (Reuters) Last [...]
Khartoum — A Sudanese official said Darfur rebel groups have to reconsider their negative position from the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) and join it after the recent signing of security deal with South Sudan. Sudan and South Sudan agreed to stop harbouring and supporting rebel groups from both sides. A joint ministerial [...]
Khartoum — Two rebel groups said they ambushed Thursday a Sudanese military supply convoy in North Darfur, but a regional official said they attacked was against a commercial convoy. Fighters from the JEM ride in the back of a vehicle through the bush (Reuters/file) Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) and Justice and Equality [...]
Khartoum — The leader of a splinter faction of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said ready to engage peace talks with the Sudanese government to address the root causes of Darfur conflict, but warned they want a solid international commitment to support the process. An important number of JEM commanders led by the former [...]
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