Rebels claim control of garrisons in South Kordofan, attack convoy in Darfur
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) announced that its forces took control of three military garrisons near Kadugli, capital of South Kordofan, today. On Wednesday, they killed five government troops in South Kordofan in an attack on a convoy on the Kadugli-Delling road. In Central Darfur, more than 20 government troops and eight rebels were reportedly killed in an attack by rebels on a military convoy on Tuesday. At about 5 pm today (Thursday), SPLM-N forces took control of the military garrisons of Daldako and Roseiris, located 12 km northeast of Kadugli, rebel spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi told Radio Dabanga from the area this evening. “During the battle that lasted three hours, we seized a T-55 tank and a Ural cannon. Another T-55 was destroyed.” In simultaneous battle, 7 km west of Kadugli, the rebels took control of the Jebel Nimir garrison. “We were able to seize cannons, and a variety of other weapons,” the SPLM-N spokesman said. He stressed that the rebel fighters will respond to any attack on civilians in the Nuba Mountains, the Blue Nile, and in Darfur. In a press release on Wednesday, Lodi reported that SPLM-N forces attacked a number of army, militia and security guards of a commercial convoy, en route from Kadugli to Delling that morning. Four army soldiers were killed, as well as a member of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police (known as Abu Tira). The rebels seized a number of military vehicles, and large quantities of weapons and supplies. The governor of South Kordofan state, Adam El Faki, confirmed the attack on the convoy in a press statement on Wednesday evening, saying that five government troops were killed. He noted that the traffic on the Kadugli-Delling road “returned to normal”. Darfur On Tuesday, rebels of the Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Abdel Wahid El Nur (SLM-AW), attacked a military convoy in the area east of Guldo in Nierteti locality, Central Darfur. “The convoy was on its way from Zalingei to Rokoro,” SLM-AW spokesman Mustafa Tambour told Radio Dabanga. “23 army and militia forces were killed, while we lost eight of our combatants. Three Land Cruisers and a lorry with military supplies were destroyed. We managed to seize large quantities of weapons, ammunition, and supplies.” File photo: A section leader from the Sudan Liberation Movement (C) wearing a captured Sudanese officer’s uniform (mintpressnews.com) Related: Talks on Sudan’s Two Areas collapse, fighting in South Kordofan (8 December 2014)Rebels, regular forces battle in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains (1 December 2014)Rebels attack military convoy in North Darfur (11 September 2014)
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) announced that its forces took control of three military garrisons near Kadugli, capital of South Kordofan, today. On Wednesday, they killed five government troops in South Kordofan in an attack on a convoy on the Kadugli-Delling road. In Central Darfur, more than 20 government troops and eight rebels were reportedly killed in an attack by rebels on a military convoy on Tuesday.
At about 5 pm today (Thursday), SPLM-N forces took control of the military garrisons of Daldako and Roseiris, located 12 km northeast of Kadugli, rebel spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi told Radio Dabanga from the area this evening. “During the battle that lasted three hours, we seized a T-55 tank and a Ural cannon. Another T-55 was destroyed.”
In simultaneous battle, 7 km west of Kadugli, the rebels took control of the Jebel Nimir garrison. “We were able to seize cannons, and a variety of other weapons,” the SPLM-N spokesman said.
He stressed that the rebel fighters will respond to any attack on civilians in the Nuba Mountains, the Blue Nile, and in Darfur.
In a press release on Wednesday, Lodi reported that SPLM-N forces attacked a number of army, militia and security guards of a commercial convoy, en route from Kadugli to Delling that morning. Four army soldiers were killed, as well as a member of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police (known as Abu Tira). The rebels seized a number of military vehicles, and large quantities of weapons and supplies.
The governor of South Kordofan state, Adam El Faki, confirmed the attack on the convoy in a press statement on Wednesday evening, saying that five government troops were killed. He noted that the traffic on the Kadugli-Delling road “returned to normal”.
Darfur
On Tuesday, rebels of the Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Abdel Wahid El Nur (SLM-AW), attacked a military convoy in the area east of Guldo in Nierteti locality, Central Darfur.
“The convoy was on its way from Zalingei to Rokoro,” SLM-AW spokesman Mustafa Tambour told Radio Dabanga. “23 army and militia forces were killed, while we lost eight of our combatants. Three Land Cruisers and a lorry with military supplies were destroyed. We managed to seize large quantities of weapons, ammunition, and supplies.”
File photo: A section leader from the Sudan Liberation Movement (C) wearing a captured Sudanese officer’s uniform (mintpressnews.com)
Related:
Talks on Sudan’s Two Areas collapse, fighting in South Kordofan (8 December 2014)
Rebels, regular forces battle in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains (1 December 2014)
Rebels attack military convoy in North Darfur (11 September 2014)
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