The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on March 5 repatriated 127 people captured in fighting back to Khartoum with logistical help from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and political assistance from the governments of Uganda and South Sudan.
Those released included 109 government soldiers and 18 civilians, according to a statement by Sudan's army spokesman, Brigadier Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami.
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