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KHARTOUM, July 12 (KUNA) -- The Sudanese Army said Monday that it had
managed to drive out Justice and Equality Movement fighters stationed in the
Adola mountains of the troubled region of western Darfur.
Spokesperson for the Sudan Army Khaled Saad said in a statement that the
group was approached from three directions, and that the rebels fled after
fighting that lasted two hours, leaving behind a trail of vehicles, injured
and killed militiamen.
He added: "We declare the Adola region free of insurgency, after they had
attempted to establish a base here."
Darfur became the scene of a rebellion in 2003 against the Arab-dominated
Sudanese government, with two local rebel groups - the Justice and Equality
Movement (JEM) and the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) - accusing the
government of oppressing non-Arabs in favor of Arabs. The government was also
accused of neglecting the Darfur region of Sudan and backing a local Arab
militia, "the Janjaweed."
Thousands of people have been killed and at least a million others have
been relocated or turned homeless due to the violent crisis. (end)
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