Sunday, March 3, 2013

Fighting Has Now Spread Into Central Sudan

Fighting Between Rebels And Army Erupts In Central Sudan -- Reuters

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Fighting has broken out between government forces and rebels in central Sudan, both sides said on Sunday, in a possible escalation of violence that has hitherto been concentrated closer to the African country's borders.

Rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) from the western region of Darfur said they had launched an attack on the army in North Kordofan state.

JEM and two other Darfur rebel groups formed an alliance with a rebel group from southern Sudan, the SPLM-North, in 2011 to try to topple veteran President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

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My Comment: Sudan is a nation state that is slowly unraveling from within. meanwhile the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is growing.

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