Sudan Conflict Update

Sudan army push repulsed near Kadugli: rebels

 

Ethnic minority insurgents from the SPLM-N previously fought alongside the rebels from southern Sudan who waged a 22-year civil war which ended in a 2005 peace deal that led to South Sudan’s independence last year. (Reuters)

Insurgents in Sudan’s South Kordofan state said on Sunday they have repulsed government soldiers who tried to seize two rebel-held villages near the state capital of Kadugli.

The fighting is the latest since Sudan and South Sudan -- which Khartoum accuses of backing the rebels -- resumed African Union-led talks on Tuesday in Ethiopia to resolve security and other crucial issues.

Government forces tried on Friday to take Dloka village, 13 kilometers (eight miles) south of Kadugli, as well as a second community northeast of the government-controlled capital, said Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, spokesman for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).

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