Khartoum, May 15: Sudanese army forces today said they have seized control of a key Darfur rebel stronghold, killing 108 members of the Justice and Equality Movement in the restive Jebel Moon area.
“We have liberated Jebel Moon from the Justice and Equality Movement and killed 108 members. We have detained 61 rebels and confiscated 16 cars and three large trucks,” army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khaled told reporters in Khartoum.
Sudanese television showed footage of senior military officials after the end of the clashes visiting Jebel Moon in western Darfur at around 1:00 am local time (Friday, 2200GMT).
Khaled made no mention of casualties on the army side, while the JEM, Darfur’s most militarised rebel group, was not immediately available for comment.
Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmud also told reporters that central police forces had thwarted a JEM attack in southern Darfur earlier this week.
–PTI