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Sudan rebels attack city, push closer to capital
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 27, 2013 08:30pm |
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| Author | Khalid Abdelaziz |
| Media | News Service - Reuters |
| News Date | Sunday, April 28, 2013 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region launched a dawn attack on the city of Um Rawaba on Saturday, taking their fight closer to the capital Khartoum, witnesses said.
The attack marks the biggest push by a rebel alliance that is seeking to topple President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Fighting had hitherto been limited mainly to remote regions of Darfur and South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, which border South Sudan.
The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which launched an unprecedented assault on Khartoum in 2008, said the rebel alliance stormed Um Rawaba in North Kordofan state, around 500 km (300 miles) south of the capital.
Sudan's army said late in the evening it had restored security in the state's second largest city. It accused insurgents of destroying a power plant, petrol stations and a telecommunications tower. |
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