Sudan's JEM Rebels Take Control Of Darfur Town: UN

Sudanese fighters of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) at an unknown location on the Sudan-Chad border in northwest Darfur, in 2007. Rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement have taken control of Muhajaria town in the western Sudan region of Darfur, the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission there said on Sunday. (AFP/AMIS/File/Stuart Price)

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KHARTOUM (AFP) – Rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement have taken control of Muhajaria town in the western Sudan region of Darfur, the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission there said on Sunday.

JEM forces have been clashing with ex-rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Army faction of Minni Minawi, the only group to have signed a peace deal with Khartoum, which traditionally controls the area, UNAMID said in a statement.

JEM has "taken full control of Muhajaria, South Darfur," after fierce fighting that has led to additional suffering to the civilian population in the area," UNAMID said.

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