Sudan army claims control of key area in Blue Nile
September 21, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s army has claimed it wrestled control of a strategic area in the country’s unrest-hit southern state of Blue Nile as its newly appointed governor vowed to restore stability.
SAF and SPLM-N each accused the other of instigating the clashes which, according to the United Nations, saw 20,000 people taking refuge in neighboring Ethiopia.
Following the eruption of the clashes on September 1, Sudan’s president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir declared a state of emergency in the state and sacked its elected governor and SPLM-N’s chairman Malik Aggar, appointing an interim military ruler in his place.
Later on 20 September, Al-Bashir issued a decree appointing Lieutenant General Al-Hadi Bushra as an acting governor under the state of emergency.
According to Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad, SAF’s official spokesman, army troops were now fully in control of the Dandro area which is located 100 km away to the south of the state’s capital Al-Damazin.
Sa’ad, who was speaking to reporters in Khartoum on Wednesday, said that SAF had seized five tanks and four vehicles with arms after fighting with SPLM-N troops in Dandro.
The army spokesman added that the mountainous area stood as an obstacle to the army’s advance towards the border town of Al-Kurmuk which is the bastion of SPLM-N.
In response, a spokesman for the SPLM-N denied that SAF took control of Dandro, saying that fighting around the town was still continuing.
Meanwhile in Khartoum, Al-Hadi Bushra was sworn-in as the acting governor of Blue Nile under the state of emergency.
As he took the oath before president Al-Bashir, the new governor acknowledged the difficult task ahead of him, vowing to bring the situation back to normality despite the downfall of law.
Sudan has been struggling to put out the SPLM-N’s rebellion in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states which border the newly independent state of South Sudan.
Both states witnessed fierce battles during the years of Sudan’s north-south second civil war, which ended in 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that granted the south a vote on independence.
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Logic
Sudan army claims control of key area in Blue Nile
SAF, Arab dominated government of Bashir
You can propagate all you want but the truth will eventually emerge, the area you speak of is completely under the control of SPLA-N as I write this message.
Your blatant lies is the reason why the Khartoum government has instructed the media to stay clear of reporting on opposition activities in both the troubled states. NCP is a dying horse and if it weren’t for the cowardice of opposition parties such as the DUP, UP and others, Khartoum would be cleared of Arab imperialists sooner rather than later.
Ngiechjam
Sudan army claims control of key area in Blue Nile
Liars Arab as I confirmed SAF didn,t controlled that particular area in Damazin better Khartoum accept the defeat from SPLM-N rather than attempting to encourage the innocent army to die in vain
shame on SAF for creating and advertised lies to brain wash the fool citizen in order to allow them recruit their sons and die like birds.
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George Bol
Sudan army claims control of key area in Blue Nile
Khartoum should forget about the two states. they will join South Sudan because the Arab in khartoum can not create unity by waging a war with someone you want to live with.
Splm/A oyeee!
okucu pa lotinokwan
Sudan army claims control of key area in Blue Nile
Military propaganda,is alway want one can praise, to let the citizen takes courage,by capturing four Tanks from SPLA-N is what i will not believe and can not believe.
OKUCU PA LOTINOKWAN
Chuangah
Sudan army claims control of key area in Blue Nile
Arabs propaganda is abvious, it has never happened in our history that the so called Saf captured our tanks nor our men. dandro now is in our hand, you are lying, you are just hiding your weakinesses to the public to show your popularity.
You have forgot how we fuck your ass in kassala where we captured more then 20 tanks and anti tanks, 3000 prisoners of war or pow.