JEM clashes with government forces in South Kordofan
Government forces and the Justice and Equality Movement clashed yesterday between El Hadayat and El Muglad in South Kordofan. JEM spokesman Jibril Adam Bilal said JEM defeated government forces forcing troops to flee the area. Bilal said the battle was fought 50 kilometers from El Hadayat where a General Conference elected the late JEM leader’s brother as their new leader. He said JEM now have soldiers deployed in different parts of North and South Kordofan as well as across Darfur. New leader appointed On Wednesday the Justice and Equality Movement appointed Jibril Ibrahim Mohamed, the brother of the late Dr Khalil Ibrahim, as the new leader of JEM. Dr Khalil Ibrahim was killed in an air strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces last month. Over 100 of the group’s leaders from inside and outside Sudan met in the South Kordofan state on January 24 and 25, and elected Jibril Ibrahim Mohamed as their new chairman. Abubakr Hamid Nour said to Radio Dabanga the new leader will continue to work for the same goals as his brother, to continue with the Sudan Revolutionary Front to overthrow the regime in Khartoum.
Government forces and the Justice and Equality Movement clashed yesterday between El Hadayat and El Muglad in South Kordofan.
JEM spokesman Jibril Adam Bilal said JEM defeated government forces forcing troops to flee the area.
Bilal said the battle was fought 50 kilometers from El Hadayat where a General Conference elected the late JEM leader’s brother as their new leader.
He said JEM now have soldiers deployed in different parts of North and South Kordofan as well as across Darfur.
New leader appointed
On Wednesday the Justice and Equality Movement appointed Jibril Ibrahim Mohamed, the brother of the late Dr Khalil Ibrahim, as the new leader of JEM. Dr Khalil Ibrahim was killed in an air strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces last month.
Over 100 of the group’s leaders from inside and outside Sudan met in the South Kordofan state on January 24 and 25, and elected Jibril Ibrahim Mohamed as their new chairman.
Abubakr Hamid Nour said to Radio Dabanga the new leader will continue to work for the same goals as his brother, to continue with the Sudan Revolutionary Front to overthrow the regime in Khartoum.
Government forces and the Justice and Equality Movement clashed yesterday between El Hadayat and El Muglad in South Kordofan.
JEM spokesman Jibril Adam Bilal said JEM defeated government forces forcing troops to flee the area.
Bilal said the battle was fought 50 kilometers from El Hadayat where a General Conference elected the late JEM leader’s brother as their new leader.
He said JEM now have soldiers deployed in different parts of North and South Kordofan as well as across Darfur.
New leader appointed
On Wednesday the Justice and Equality Movement appointed Jibril Ibrahim Mohamed, the brother of the late Dr Khalil Ibrahim, as the new leader of JEM. Dr Khalil Ibrahim was killed in an air strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces last month.
Over 100 of the group’s leaders from inside and outside Sudan met in the South Kordofan state on January 24 and 25, and elected Jibril Ibrahim Mohamed as their new chairman.
Abubakr Hamid Nour said to Radio Dabanga the new leader will continue to work for the same goals as his brother, to continue with the Sudan Revolutionary Front to overthrow the regime in Khartoum.
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