Sudan launches fresh attacks in Darfur
ANDREW HEAVANS:
Sudanese forces on Sunday launched fresh attacks on a base held by Darfur rebels who signed a 2006 peace deal with the government, the faction's leader said.
Minni Arcua Minnawi, leader of the Sudan Liberation Army group, said he did not know why his headquarters in the East Jabel Marra area was attacked on Saturday and Sunday.
The rebel leader, who became a presidential assistant under the 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement, said he was closing his office in Sudan's presidential palace in protest.
No one was available from Sudan's armed forces to comment.
Other rebels say the fighting is the latest in a string of assaults on their positions in North Darfur over the past week.
Sudan has stepped up diplomatic efforts to suspend a move by the International Criminal Court to indict its president for genocide and other war crimes in Darfur.
More than 200,000 people have died since rebels from the remote western region took up arms against the government in early 2003, say international experts. READ IT ALL
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