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Darfur rebels say army base seized in South Kordofan
2012-07-24
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region on Monday said they seized a government military compound just across the Darfur state border in South Kordofan.

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said it took control of the base near the Abu Jabar oil field but its front man, Gibril Adam Bilal, had no information on rebel or government casualties.

"Now there is fighting between our troops and SAF in another area" nearby, Bilal told AFP.

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) front man could not be reached for comment.

The alleged clash comes after South Sudan said on Saturday it was cancelling planned face-to-face peace talks with Sudan after accusing Khartoum of launching a new air raid on its territory.

Two people were maimed in the strike against Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, which borders southeastern Darfur, South Sudan's military front man said.

One of Sudan's negotiators to the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
-led talks, Omar Dahab, denied the bombing, saying SAF had responded inside its own territory to an attempted JEM attack.

Last year, the government signed a peace deal in Doha with an alliance of Darfur rebel splinter factions but JEM and other key rebels in Darfur refused to participate.
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