{"id":188306,"date":"2013-01-04T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\/"},"modified":"2013-01-04T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T22:01:00","slug":"army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation","title":{"rendered":"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) denied the claims made by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in which it assured to have captured and occupied certain areas in North Kordofan, Radio Dabanga has learned on Friday, 4 January.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa&#8217;ad, the army\u2019s spokesman, asserted SAF is in control of all access ways to the state and that JEM does not  represent any security threat in North Kordofan.<\/p>\n<p>He described the battles with the rebels as \u201climited\u201d and assured that the situation is &#8220;under control&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u2019ad said that members of the JEM were wandering around the state\u2019s borders to obtain fuel and added they abducted 10 students from the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLiar\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Fadil Mohamed Rahouma, JEM\u2019s deputy chief commander, denied Sa\u2019ad\u2019s claims and called him a &#8220;liar&#8221; when speaking to Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n<p>Rahouma emphasized that the rebel movement did not target or abduct citizens and stressed that JEM is still in control of certain areas of North Kordofan, where the group reportedly entered last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the deputy chief commander suggested that the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) forces would have achieved other \u201cearth-shaking goals in North Kordofan, down to the Nile and Khartoum to overthrow the regime&#8221;, promising the year of 2013 would be &#8220;a decisive one&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Radio Dabanga file photo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/40706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SRF claims control areas in Kordofan<\/a> (3 January 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>The spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) denied the claims made by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in which it assured to have captured and occupied certain areas in North Kordofan, Radio Dabanga has learned on Friday, 4 January. Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa&#8217;ad, the army\u2019s spokesman, asserted SAF is in control of all access ways to the state and that JEM does not  represent any security threat in North Kordofan.He described the battles with the rebels as \u201climited\u201d and assured that the situation is &#8220;under control&#8221;.\u00a0Sa\u2019ad said that members of the JEM were wandering around the state\u2019s borders to obtain fuel and added they abducted 10 students from the region. \u201cLiar\u201d However, Fadil Mohamed Rahouma, JEM\u2019s deputy chief commander, denied Sa\u2019ad\u2019s claims and called him a &#8220;liar&#8221; when speaking to Radio Dabanga. Rahouma emphasized that the rebel movement did not target or abduct citizens and stressed that JEM is still in control of certain areas of North Kordofan, where the group reportedly entered last Wednesday. Lastly, the deputy chief commander suggested that the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) forces would have achieved other \u201cearth-shaking goals in North Kordofan, down to the Nile and Khartoum to overthrow the regime&#8221;, promising the year of 2013 would be &#8220;a decisive one&#8221;.Radio Dabanga file photoRelated: SRF claims control areas in Kordofan (3 January 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-188306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) denied the claims made by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in which it assured to have captured and occupied certain areas in North Kordofan, Radio Dabanga has learned on Friday, 4 January. Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa&#039;ad, the army\u2019s spokesman, asserted SAF is in control of all access ways to the state and that JEM does not represent any security threat in North Kordofan.He described the battles with the rebels as \u201climited\u201d and assured that the situation is &quot;under control&quot;.\u00a0Sa\u2019ad said that members of the JEM were wandering around the state\u2019s borders to obtain fuel and added they abducted 10 students from the region. \u201cLiar\u201d However, Fadil Mohamed Rahouma, JEM\u2019s deputy chief commander, denied Sa\u2019ad\u2019s claims and called him a &quot;liar&quot; when speaking to Radio Dabanga. Rahouma emphasized that the rebel movement did not target or abduct citizens and stressed that JEM is still in control of certain areas of North Kordofan, where the group reportedly entered last Wednesday. Lastly, the deputy chief commander suggested that the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) forces would have achieved other \u201cearth-shaking goals in North Kordofan, down to the Nile and Khartoum to overthrow the regime&quot;, promising the year of 2013 would be &quot;a decisive one&quot;.Radio Dabanga file photoRelated: SRF claims control areas in Kordofan (3 January 2013)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\" \/>\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=\"2013-01-04T22:01:00+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\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dabanga\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23\"},\"headline\":\"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-04T22:01:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\",\"name\":\"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation - Dabanga Radio TV Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-04T22:01:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\",\"description\":\"Independent news from the heart of Sudan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Radiodabanga\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23\",\"name\":\"Dabanga\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/dabanga.preview.websight.nl\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation - Dabanga Radio TV Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation - Dabanga Radio TV Online","og_description":"The spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) denied the claims made by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in which it assured to have captured and occupied certain areas in North Kordofan, Radio Dabanga has learned on Friday, 4 January. Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa'ad, the army\u2019s spokesman, asserted SAF is in control of all access ways to the state and that JEM does not represent any security threat in North Kordofan.He described the battles with the rebels as \u201climited\u201d and assured that the situation is \"under control\".\u00a0Sa\u2019ad said that members of the JEM were wandering around the state\u2019s borders to obtain fuel and added they abducted 10 students from the region. \u201cLiar\u201d However, Fadil Mohamed Rahouma, JEM\u2019s deputy chief commander, denied Sa\u2019ad\u2019s claims and called him a \"liar\" when speaking to Radio Dabanga. Rahouma emphasized that the rebel movement did not target or abduct citizens and stressed that JEM is still in control of certain areas of North Kordofan, where the group reportedly entered last Wednesday. Lastly, the deputy chief commander suggested that the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) forces would have achieved other \u201cearth-shaking goals in North Kordofan, down to the Nile and Khartoum to overthrow the regime\", promising the year of 2013 would be \"a decisive one\".Radio Dabanga file photoRelated: SRF claims control areas in Kordofan (3 January 2013)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation","og_site_name":"Dabanga Radio TV Online","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/","article_published_time":"2013-01-04T22:01:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-dabanga-logo-zondernaam-512x512-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Dabanga","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Radiodabanga","twitter_site":"@Radiodabanga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dabanga","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation"},"author":{"name":"Dabanga","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23"},"headline":"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation","datePublished":"2013-01-04T22:01:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation"},"wordCount":235,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation","name":"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation - Dabanga Radio TV Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-04T22:01:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/army-denies-jem-claims-of-n-kordofan-occupation#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Army denies JEM claims of N. Kordofan occupation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/","name":"Dabanga Radio TV Online","description":"Independent news from the heart of Sudan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Dabanga Radio TV Online","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Dabanga Radio TV Online"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Radiodabanga"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23","name":"Dabanga","sameAs":["https:\/\/dabanga.preview.websight.nl"]}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","rssfeed":"","rss-feed-image":"","covernews-slider-full":"","covernews-slider-center":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":"","covernews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Dabanga","author_link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/author\/websight"},"category_info":"Uncategorised","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}