{"id":187975,"date":"2013-03-07T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/residents-believe-spotting-mali-militants-in-c-darfur-towns\/"},"modified":"2013-03-07T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T23:30:00","slug":"residents-believe-spotting-mali-militants-in-c-darfur-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/residents-believe-spotting-mali-militants-in-c-darfur-towns","title":{"rendered":"Residents believe spotting &#8216;Mali militants&#8217; in C. 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They were driving 10 Land Cruisers mounted with heavy weapons, eyewitnesses told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday and Thursday, two vehicles loaded with Dushkas belonging to the militants&#8217; convoy were seen at the Umm Dukhun&#8217;s city market when some of the alleged militants went shopping.<\/p>\n<p>The first reports about the presence of Islamist militants from Mali in Sudan emerged in the beginning of February from several eyewitnesses in Kutum, North Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>Darfur rebel groups accused Khartoum of recruiting insurgents to fight in the Darfur war, a claim the government denies.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudanese foreign minister, in a recent meeting in Paris with his French counterpart, vowed Sudan was &#8220;ready to cooperate&#8221; in the fight against Mali fighters if it received information about these groups in Darfur.<\/p>\n<p><em>Radio Dabanga file photo: Darfur village<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/43915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France and Sudan discuss Mali rebels in Darfur<\/a> (28 February 2013)<!--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>Masked gunmen who onlookers believe to be Islamist fighters fleeing northern Mali were spotted in two different towns of Central Darfur this week.\u00a0 Locals were \u201cafraid to approach\u201d the men, who were wearing different  clothing, spoke a different language and were carrying different kinds  of weapons, they said.\u201cUnfamiliar militants\u201d reportedly arrived on Tuesday in the towns of Soulma and Sure located northeast of the capital of Umm Dukhun locality. They were driving 10 Land Cruisers mounted with heavy weapons, eyewitnesses told Radio Dabanga. On Wednesday and Thursday, two vehicles loaded with Dushkas belonging to the militants&#8217; convoy were seen at the Umm Dukhun&#8217;s city market when some of the alleged militants went shopping. The first reports about the presence of Islamist militants from Mali in Sudan emerged in the beginning of February from several eyewitnesses in Kutum, North Darfur. Darfur rebel groups accused Khartoum of recruiting insurgents to fight in the Darfur war, a claim the government denies. The Sudanese foreign minister, in a recent meeting in Paris with his French counterpart, vowed Sudan was &#8220;ready to cooperate&#8221; in the fight against Mali fighters if it received information about these groups in Darfur.Radio Dabanga file photo: Darfur villageRelated: France and Sudan discuss Mali rebels in Darfur (28 February 2013)<\/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-187975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Residents believe spotting &#039;Mali militants&#039; in C. 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The first reports about the presence of Islamist militants from Mali in Sudan emerged in the beginning of February from several eyewitnesses in Kutum, North Darfur. Darfur rebel groups accused Khartoum of recruiting insurgents to fight in the Darfur war, a claim the government denies. The Sudanese foreign minister, in a recent meeting in Paris with his French counterpart, vowed Sudan was &quot;ready to cooperate&quot; in the fight against Mali fighters if it received information about these groups in Darfur.Radio Dabanga file photo: Darfur villageRelated: France and Sudan discuss Mali rebels in Darfur (28 February 2013)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/residents-believe-spotting-mali-militants-in-c-darfur-towns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-07T23:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-dabanga-logo-zondernaam-512x512-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/residents-believe-spotting-mali-militants-in-c-darfur-towns#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/residents-believe-spotting-mali-militants-in-c-darfur-towns\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dabanga\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23\"},\"headline\":\"Residents believe spotting &#8216;Mali militants&#8217; in C. 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