Sudan: Khartoum steps up military operations against Darfur and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels
Sudan’s government launched a large-scale military campaign in areas controlled by the Darfur armed movements and rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in the Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states. This comes amid reports that the authorities are anticipating surprises from the rebels in the northern and central parts of Sudan.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said that his country “strongly and firmly continues its actions until the armed forces — which will get all the support and backup to liberate every inch that is contaminated by the rebels — achieve victory.”
He told employees at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs that “all the forces of evil in the world have conspired against Sudan; however, Sudan will emerge from the conspiracy stronger, more resolved and determined than before.”