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A renegade south Sudan army commander said on Tuesday he had clashed with the oil-producing region’s military for a second time and threatened to attack an important town if the assault continued.
George Athor, who stood as an independent candidate in April elections for governor of Jonglei State and lost to the ruling party, has been on the run since late April, when the southern army (SPLA) accused him of ordering an attack on a barracks that killed eight soldiers.
One of the main rebel groups in Sudan’s Darfur region has threatened “all-out war” if its leader is arrested.
Sudanese officials have asked Interpol to arrest Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) leader Khalil Ibrahim for planning an attack in Omdurman in 2008.
Jem signed a ceasefire with the government in February but left peace talks earlier this month, claiming the government had launched new raids.
Gunmen attacked at least six checkpoints in the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing seven Iraqi troops and policemen, while bombs planted at three others injured several more, an Interior Ministry source said, according to Reuters.
In separate incidents, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed two people in south Baghdad while bombs outside policemen’s homes in the western province of Anbar and a suicide car bomb in the northern city of Mosul killed another six.
Sudanese army denied rumors of imminent attack on the capital of North Darfur by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) saying no any city is besieged in Darfur.
Despite the signing of a framework agreement and a truce in Doha on 23 February the Sudanese army and JEM rebels accused each other of attacks. Last week, the rebel group suspended its participation in the peace process to protest continual air and ground attacks on its positions.
Big maneuvers against al-Qaeda in Algeria. Houndreds of soldiers partecipating to military exercises in the desert of Sahara for the launch operations combing in the areas where terrorists of al-Qaeda are hiding and where are traffics of smuggling.
Operations are also interested in the armies of Mauritania, Mali, Niger that have decided to increment number of their soldiers, in base of road map decided in Algeri.
Somali insurgent group Hizbul Islam seized the pirate haven of Haradhere on Sunday without a fight and pledged to take control of more towns in the region, the rebel group said. Here are some key facts about the group:
The group was founded on Feb. 4, 2009. Hizbul Islam is an umbrella organisation of four groups led by cleric Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who has been an influential figure among Islamists.
The four groups` leaders had previously participated in the Union of Islamic Courts administration of Somalia in 2006. The Islamists ruled the capital Mogadishu and much of Somalia in 2006, until they were defeated in Dec. 2006 by Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces. The Islamists have since regained control of much of the territory from which they were expelled.
Ogaden National Liberation Front [ONLF] forces have intensified attacks against Ethiopian troops. At least 289 Ethiopian soldiers have been killed in the last 10 days, among them many officers. The fighting took place as follows:
On 11 April 2010, a unit of Ogaden National Liberation Front fighters clashed with Ethiopian soldiers in Jerar province. Five Ethiopian soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the battle. On the same date, Ethiopian troops stationed in Gosololey, Jerar province, suffered massive losses in a nocturnal attack. Also in Gosololey, two Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a skirmish with an ONLF scouting party.