Sudan: Three JEM-Sudan Commanders Held in El Fasher, North Darfur

El Fasher — Three military commanders of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)-Sudan were detained in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, on Monday. On Tuesday, a senior Qatari official visited the military camp near El Fasher, where JEM-Sudan combatants are stationed.

Sudan Jameel, western sector commander of JEM-Sudan, informed Dabanga that the three were seized by a group of fellow commanders, "who are close to JEM-Sudan's leader Bakhit Abdallah Abdelkarim (known as Dabjo). They then handed them to security officers in El Fasher, where they are now being held."

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