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January 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - The fighters of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) have managed to retake two areas in South Kordofan from the government forces, said a rebel spokesman Friday.

SPLA-N fighters stand in front of a grenade launcher captured from Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) near Gos village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan on 1 May 2012 (Photo: Reuters)

In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune, SPLM-N spokesperson Arnu Ngutulu Lodi said the SPLA-N forces in South Kordofan retook Ankarto, 18 km north to Talodi and Um Turq-Turq 20 km north to Talodi.

Lodi further vowed to release more details about the causalities inflicted on the government forces and enumerated weapons they seized during the fight.

The rebels also released over thirty pictures showing the weapons allegedly captured during the recent clashes.

The government and rebels on Thursday issued conflicts statements about the ongoing fighting in the Nuba Moutains as the two warring parties claimed victory.

The Sudanese government humanitarian body, the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) said they expect some 145,000 displaced persons from the rebel areas as a result of the ongoing fighting there.

HAC in South Kordofan said “tracking population movements in the localities of Heiban, Um Dourein, Al-Buram and parts of Dalami, which are controlled by the SPLM-N. Overall, HAC is expecting the arrival of about 145,000 people from SPLM-N areas,” reported the OCHA in its latest weekly bulletin released last Thursday.

HAC in South Kordofan said this week that ongoing fighting between Government forces and SPLM-N in parts of South and West Kordofan states could lead to a possible massive civilian influx from SPLM-N areas.

Further a British rights group led by Baroness Cox, HART, called for an international investigation on the human rights violations in the Two Areas following a recent visit to the two Sudanese states.

“There is an urgent need for an independent, United Nations or African Union mandated Commission of Inquiry into serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by the GoS in both Blue Nile and South Kordofan States since conflict broke out in 2011,” said the group.
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