The Sudanese army has accused a group affiliated with the Justice and Equality Movement of an attack in Um Ajaja in East Darfur and looting property from residents on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Army spokesman Al Sawarmi Khaled Saad denied that the army had clashed with JEM and said the movement also stole equipment belonging to a construction company building a road in the region.<\/p>\n
However JEM denied looted residents in Um Ajaja and said the movement entered and captured control of the area, taking over 20 army vehicles loaded with weaponry and supplies.<\/p>\n
SLM-MM accused of stealing ambulance<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>In North Darfur the authorities accused a group belonging to the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minawi of stealing an ambulance belonging to the local hospital in Dar El Salaam.<\/p>\n A local official told the state owned Sudan news agency that the ambulance was stolen while carrying a woman in need of assistance during a difficult birth, leaving her behind on the roadside.<\/p>\n He said the group was traveling in three Land Cruiser trucks on their way to El Fasher, when the armed men threatened the ambulance driver forcing him to pull over.<\/p>\n The SLM-MM denied any links to this accusation and said this was part of a smear campaign to distort the image of the movement an resistance forces in Darfur.<\/p>\n