{"id":187538,"date":"2013-05-27T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/abu-karshola-retaken-by-government-sudanese-defence-minister\/"},"modified":"2013-05-27T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T20:10:00","slug":"abu-karshola-retaken-by-government-sudanese-defence-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/abu-karshola-retaken-by-government-sudanese-defence-minister","title":{"rendered":"Abu Karshola \u2018retaken by government\u2019: Sudanese Defence Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sudanese Defence Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein announced via the Sudan News Agency on Monday that Government forces have \u2018recaptured&#8217; the strategic town of Abu Karshola in South Kordofan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">A Spokesman for Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) told Radio Dabanga that while rebel forces have indeed tactically withdrawn from Abu Karshola, he denied that the town had been \u2018retaken\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Abu Karshola has been in rebel hands since the end of April, and has been the scene of heavy fighting which has displaced at least 47,000 people according to the latest UN estimates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">\u201cWe decided on a tactical withdrawal in order to protect the civilian population and to prevent the government from adopting a \u2018scorched earth\u2019 policy as they did in Darfur,\u201d the SRF spokesman said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Sudanese Defence Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudanese Defence Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein announced via the Sudan News Agency on Monday that Government forces have \u2018recaptured&#8217; the strategic town of Abu Karshola in South Kordofan.A Spokesman for Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) told Radio Dabanga that while rebel forces have indeed tactically withdrawn from Abu Karshola, he denied that the town had been \u2018retaken\u2019.Abu Karshola has been in rebel hands since the end of April, and has been the scene of heavy fighting which has displaced at least 47,000 people according to the latest UN estimates.\u201cWe decided on a tactical withdrawal in order to protect the civilian population and to prevent the government from adopting a \u2018scorched earth\u2019 policy as they did in Darfur,\u201d the SRF spokesman said.File photo: Sudanese Defence Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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