Tag: SAF

Sudanese President Pledges to Soon Retake South Kordofan Town

| May 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir, has announced that Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Mujahideen (holy fighters) are “now” on the outskirts of Abu-Kershola in South Kordofan’s northeast and vowed to annihilate rebels of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF). Al-Bashir, who was addressing the graduation ceremony of the 48th batch of the [...]

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Sudanese Lawmakers Rap Defense Minister Over Darfur Insecurity

| April 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — The Sudanese minister of defense Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein accused rebel movements of seeking to destabilize Darfur and undermine the International Donor Conference for Reconstruction and Development in Darfur (IDCRDD) that concluded this week in Doha, Qatar. The minister, who spoke at a hearing before members of the national assembly today, pledged to restore [...]

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‘Two dead’ as Sudan rebel fire hits S. Kordofan capital

| October 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

By Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Ali (AFP) – 5 hours ago  KHARTOUM — Rebel shelling killed two children in the capital of Sudan‘s South Kordofan state on Tuesday, the army said, in what insurgents called retaliation for government air raids on villages. The attack, confirmed by witnesses, was the second this month by the Sudan People’s [...]

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Where Does the Rebel SPLM-North Get Its Weapons?

| September 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

We have heard for many months now accusations from the Obama administration, the UN, the African Union, and other international actors that there is somehow an equivalent responsibility on the part of Juba and Khartoum for the arming of military “proxies”: Khartoum arming, supplying, and providing sanctuary to brutal renegade militia forces in the South; [...]

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Where Does the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North Get Its Weapons?

| September 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

We have heard for many months now accusations from the Obama administration, the UN, the African Union, and other international actors that there is somehow an equivalent responsibility on the part of Juba and Khartoum for the arming of military “proxies”: Khartoum arming, supplying, and providing sanctuary to brutal renegade militia forces in the South; [...]

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Army Capture New Rebel Position in Blue Nile

| September 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — Sudan Armed forces (SAF) announced the seizure of a rebel position in the Blue Nile state on Wednesday. The government army fight against the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement -North (SPLM-N) in Blue Nile state since September 2011 following the failure of talks to end clashes between the two parties in the neighbouring South [...]

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SPLM-N denies Sudan army’s claims of "killing 18" in South Kordofan fresh …

| September 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

September 10, 2012 (NAIROBI) – The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army North (SPLM/A-N) has denied the occurrence of any clashes with the Sudanese army (SAF) which claimed killing 18 of its members in an attack launched on Monday. FILE PHOTO – SPLM/A-N fighters in South Kordofan SAF’s official spokesperson, Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad, said in a [...]

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Army, Rebel Groups Clash in South Kordofan and Darfur

| September 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — Sudanese army and rebel groups in South Kordofan state and Darfur region confirmed clashes in the two regions but they delivered different accounts about the outcome of the fight. The surge of violence coincide with resumption of talks in Addis Ababa between Khartoum and Juba over security issues and discussions with the rebel [...]

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Note from American Ryan Boyette in Sudan, South Sudan….Nuba Mountain …

| September 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Please make sure you read the red text. Below is from Ryan Boyette (he is an American I met when I was with Reverend Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse in Sudan and South Sudan. Ryan has lived there for many years.)  As for the picture? I took that one myself… Update – South Kordofan – [...]

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AFRICAN UNION HIGH-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION PANEL FOR SUDAN / STATEMENT – ad-hoc

| July 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Today, July 21, the AUHIP received the response of the Minister of Defence of Sudan, Gen Abdelrahim M. Hussein, who also made a verbal presentation in which he denied that the SAF had attacked SPLA positions. He stated that the SAF had attacked a column of the Darfur JEM rebels, within the territory of Sudan. [...]

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