Sudan: 'More Than 200 Paramilitaries, Rebels Killed in Darfur Fighting'

Darfur / Khartoum — The Sudan Liberation Movement headed by Minni Minawi (SLM-MM) claimed the killing of 214 troops of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in East and North Darfur on Saturday. The RSF say they killed the general commander of the rebel movement.

Mohamed Hassan, a spokesman for the SLM-MM, told Radio Dabanga on Sunday that the fighting broke out in East and North Darfur, when SLM-MM forces, together with combatants of the SLM faction led by Nimir Abdelrahman, were moving in convoys in these areas.

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