SPLM-N claims killing of govt. troops in South Kordofan

07/12/2015 14:25

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) reported the killing of nine government troops in an attack on a military convoy near Delling in South Kordofan on Thursday.
Spokesman Arno Ngutulu Lodi said in a statement on Sunday that SPLM-N fighters attacked a military convoy transporting army soldiers and militiamen to the garrison of Kendikel, 10 kilometres north of Delling. They killed nine government troops and seized a number of weapons.

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) reported the killing of nine government troops in an attack on a military comvoy near Delling in South Kordofan on Thursday.

Spokesman Arno Ngutulu Lodi said in a statement on Sunday that SPLM-N fighters attacked a military convoy transporting army soldiers and militiamen to the garrison of Kendikel, 10 kilometres north of Delling. They killed nine government troops and seized a number of weapons.

He said that the head of the movement, Malik Agar, has ordered them to “confront, undermine and defeat all the dry season operations of the government”.

Peace negotiations between Khartoum and the SPLM-N on the Two Areas (South Kordofan and Blue Nile states) under auspices of the African Union resumed in Addis Ababa in November. Three days after its start, however, the tenth round of negotiations was suspended as both parties reached a deadlock on the tracks of humanitarian aid deliveries.