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A newly announced Darfur rebel alliance led by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) inflicted heavy losses on government troops after fierce fighting in Shangili Tobayi, North Darfur state. The fighting took place days following repeated announcements by North Darfur governor Osman Mohamed Yousef Kibir that his state is free of rebel controlled areas after attacks in Shangili Tobayi on SLM-Minni Minnawi forces seen as legitimate target by the regular army.The Alliance of Resistance Forces (ARF) "scored a major victory against (Sudanese army) at Dar El Salam, 60km south of El-Fashir," said a military statement released Ali Wafi, military spokesperson of JEM rebels. |
