Jebel Marra — The holdout rebel group in Darfur's Jebel Marra has condemned the aerial bombardments by the Sudanese Air Force last weekend which led to an unknown number of casualties. "The government had announced an unilateral ceasefire." The leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Abdel Wahid El Nur, recounted that the Air Force bombed ten sites in north-west Jebel Marra on Saturday and Sunday with the aim to hit their positions. Last January President Omar Al Bashir announced a ceasefire in Darfur without an agreement with the SLM-AW, which is the only main rebel group to not have announced a similar unilateral ceasefire. "This government attack on the movement's bases underlines the lack of credibility of the government, which earlier announced a unilateral ceasefire," said El Nur.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 26, 2017 07:18 UTC