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UNAMID troops from Tanzania, deployed in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, conducting a routine patrol in Karbab village, where the community reported threats by other tribes, Sudan, 01 July 2014. (EPA/ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN / UNAMID / HANDOUT)
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Members of the Justice and Equality Movement, a rebel group in Sudan’s Darfur conflict. (AFP/Getty Images)
Sudanese rebels call for no-fly zone over South Kordofan
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudan’s armed opposition have called on the international community to establish a no-fly zone over South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur to protect civilians. This comes after the Sudanese air force allegedly bombed a Doctors Without Borders...Caption:
In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists’ questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwamba in southern Sudan. (AP Photo/Stuart Price)
JEM, Juba accuse Sudan of harboring Kony rebels
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fighters from Ugandan militias affiliated with Africa’s most wanted man, Joseph Kony, are present in the border region between Sudan and South Sudan, key opposition figures in Khartoum said. Sudan’s opposition Justice and Equality Movement...Caption:
Members of the Justice and Equality Movement, a rebel group in Sudan’s Darfur conflict. (AFP/Getty Images)
Sudan rebels threaten Khartoum attack
Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leader of Sudan’s Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) threatened a repeat of its May 2008 attack on Khartoum and Omdurman, saying that the central government is facing “the final chapter of the collapse of the regime.” In a rare statement...Caption:
President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir addresses a crowd in North Khartoum, on June 8, 2013. (Reuters)