Darfur rebels claim second oil field attack
Tuesday 11 December 2007 12:45
December 11, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur rebels said they attacked a Chinese-run oil field in Sudan on Tuesday and vowed to launch more assaults on other installations.
No one from Sudan’s armed forces or the Ministry of Energy was immediately available for comment on rebel claims of an attack on the field in Sudan’s Kordofan region.
But in October Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels seized five hostages when they attacked Kordofan’s Defra oil field in an assault they said was meant to (...)

Darfur rebel leader plans attacks on Chinese oil firms
Saturday 8 December 2007 06:10
December 7, 2007 (LONDON) — A key rebel leader in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region has singled out oil companies as military targets, particularly from China, posing a threat to the Asian nation’s crude imports and adding to the mounting challenges it faces over its involvement in Africa.
In a face-to-face interview with Dow Jones Newswires, Abdelwahid Nur, head of one of the two largest rebel groups in Darfur, said his organization now intends to attack oil companies, particularly from (...)

Sudan army continues to kill civilians in Darfur
Friday 7 December 2007 04:10
December 6, 2007 (GENEVA) — Sudanese armed forces continue to kill civilians in Darfur and all sides in the conflict still abuse human rights with impunity, according to the latest report by a group of U.N. experts.
"According to U.N. sources, from June 20 to mid-November 2007, at least 15 land and air attacks were made on civilian centers in all three Darfur states by the forces of the government, affiliated militia and the Minni Minawi faction of the [rebel] Sudanese Liberation Army," (...)

300 Darfurian killed by Sudan forces in six month
Wednesday 5 December 2007 04:15
December 4, 2007 (GENEVA) — Sudanese forces and allied militia have killed several hundred civilians in ground attacks and aerial bombardments on villages in Darfur in the past six months, United Nations human rights experts said on Tuesday.
Bystanders caught up in clashes between the warring parties have also been tortured, raped and suffered widespread looting in the western region, according to the U.N. experts on Darfur.
Their 106-page report calls on the Khartoum government to protect (...)

Darfur rebels refute UN accusation over attack against AU force
Saturday 1 December 2007 05:30
November 30, 2007 (LONDON) — The rebel Justice and Equality Movement denied recent accusation in a UN report on its responsibility over the last September attack against African Union peacekeepers position in northern Darfur.
The UN Secretary General on November 5 said in a report to the Security Council that "Preliminary results of an investigation initiated by the AMIS Force Commander immediately after the attack on the AMIS military group site in Haskanita on 29 and 30 September suggest (...)

Chad summons Sudan envoy on alleged arming of rebels
Thursday 29 November 2007 01:00
November 28, 2007 (NDJAMENA) — Chad’s foreign minister summoned the Sudanese ambassador Wednesday to protest about Khartoum’s alleged arming of Chadian rebels who clashed with the army, an official said.
"Foreign Minister Ahmat Allami received the Sudanese ambassador in Ndjamena to deliver a strong protest on the unfriendly attitude of Khartoum, which armed and equipped the rebels," the ministry official said.
Allami accused Sudan of violating October’s Syrte peace agreement between (...)

Chad accuses Sudan of arming rebels
Wednesday 28 November 2007 02:10
November 27, 2007 (ABOU GOULEM, Chad) — Chad’s intelligence chief Tuesday accused Sudan of arming rebels who clashed with the army as troops showed off the battleground with bodies still laid among smoldering military vehicles.
"Sudan violated the peace agreement," General Ismael Chaibo, director general of the National Security Agency, or ANS told journalists.
Government forces and rebels clashed near Abou Goulem Monday following the collapse of a truce. The army said it had killed (...)

Armed bandits continue to hijack cars in Darfur
Thursday 22 November 2007 01:30
November 21, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Armed bandits continue to wage attacks on private and UN vehicles across Darfur, especially in the south of the war-torn Sudanese region, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) reported yesterday.
An estimated 30 bandits stopped commercial trucks on the weekend on a South Darfur road about 70 kilometres southeast of Nyala, the provincial capital, and exchanged fire with five soldiers from the Popular Defence Forces (PDF) who were escorting the convoy. (...)

Darfur rebels claim victory after govt "attack"
Wednesday 21 November 2007 02:30
November 20, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur rebels said on Tuesday they had seized a Sudanese army base after repelling an attack by government soldiers.
A spokesman for Sudan’s armed forces dismissed the report as "baseless".
If true, it would be the first serious clash reported between insurgents and government troops in Darfur for almost four weeks, and a serious blow to ongoing peace talks.
It would also be in breach of a government ceasefire in the war-torn western region.
The United (...)

Five abducted oil workers freed in Sudan
Tuesday 20 November 2007 04:10
November 19, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Five oil workers, two of them foreigners, arrived in the Sudanese capital on Monday after a hostage ordeal of nearly a month, an industry official said.
"They are safe and sound. Some have already been reunited with their families. The Egyptian and Iraqi engineers will leave the country on Tuesday," the unnamed official said.
Darfur rebels abducted Joseph William Samuel from Egypt, Ahmed Heyman Mohammed from Iraq and three Sudanese technicians in an attack (...)

Darfur rebel markings used in AU attack - UN
Tuesday 20 November 2007 03:00
November 19, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Armed raiders who killed 10 African Union soldiers in an attack on their base used vehicles marked with the letters JEM - the name of a powerful Darfur rebel group, the UN reported on Monday.
JEM, or the Justice and Equality Movement, denied any involvement in the attack on the AU base in the eastern Darfur town of Haskanita when it happened in late September.
JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim repeated the denial on Monday, saying:"It was not JEM who attacked the (...)

Darfur rebels deny allegations of Israeli support
Friday 16 November 2007 06:10
November 15, 2007 (LONDON) – Sudan’s Bashir allegations that Darfur rebel groups are supported by Israel expresses the hysteria and the dissatisfaction of the Sudanese regime after its failure to tame Darfur movement through plots and violence, JEM rebel spokesperson said.
Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir on Tuesday addressing a Muslim clergy conference in Khartoum accused Israel of fabricating and supporting the Darfur rebellion. Al-Bashir speech was aired by the Doha based Al-Jazeera TV. (...)

Darfur rebels free kidnapped oil workers
Wednesday 14 November 2007 02:05
November 12, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — A Darfur rebel group on Monday freed five workers, including two foreigners, taken hostage in a rare attack on a Sudanese oil installation almost three weeks ago.
"We handed them over to tribal chiefs this morning who will pass them on to the International Committee of the Red Cross," Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) commander Abdelaziz el-Nur Ashr said.
He said that the men — an Egyptian, an Iraqi and three Sudanese — were given to tribal chiefs in the (...)

Rebel JEM waiting for UN before freeing oil workers
Wednesday 7 November 2007 03:00
November 6, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — A Darfur rebel group said on Tuesday it was waiting for a United Nations mission to arrive so it can free five oil workers kidnapped last month in the neighbouring Kordofan region.
"We are still waiting for the people from the UN," said Abdelaziz el-Nur Ashr, from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
Ashr had said on Sunday that the movement’s leader Khalil Ibrahim had ordered the five to be released at the request of the Egyptian government.
The rebels (...)

Rebel JEM says to free oil workers after Egyptian contacts
Monday 5 November 2007 02:10
November 4, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — A Darfur rebel group said on Sunday that it had decided to free five oil workers, two of them foreigners, that it kidnapped in Kordofan late last month, The groups said this release comes following Egyptian intervention
The rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said they would free the hostages, who include an Egyptian and an Iraqi, through the United Nations in the next few days.
A rebel JEM commander told the AFP that JEM leadership has taken (...)

Darfur rebels will release five oil hostages
Sunday 4 November 2007 02:30
Novrmber 3, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur rebels said on Saturday they would release five hostages they kidnapped after attacking an oil installation in Sudan’s most lucrative area.
The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attacked the Defra oil field last month and took an Egyptian, an Iraqi and three Sudanese oil workers hostage. It ordered all other oil companies working in the Kordofan region bordering Darfur to leave or beome military targets.
"JEM is releasing all the captives from the oil (...)

Rebel groups accuse government of attacks in Darfur
Monday 29 October 2007 13:00
October 29, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur rebels accused Sudanese government forces of attacking an area along the border with Chad in violation of a unilateral ceasefire the government declared at the opening of peace talks in Libya.
Rebels from two factions, which did not attend the talks, confirmed to Reuters on Monday that the government had attacked the Jabel Moun area along the Chad-Sudan border on Saturday, the very day the government announced a ceasefire.
SLM founder Abelwahid al-Nur (...)

Rebels warn Sudan against force to free hostages
Sunday 28 October 2007 02:19
October 27, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur rebels on Saturday warned Sudan not to use force to free five hostages taken in an oil field attack, and repeated threats to target more foreign workers if their companies did not leave in less than a week.
"If they try to take them by force, we will not be responsible for their safety," said Mahamat Bahar Ali Hamadein, a commander with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
JEM said it attacked the Defra oil field in the region of Kordofan, which (...)

Darfur rebels vow more attacks on Sudan oil fields
Friday 26 October 2007 03:00
October 25, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur rebels vowed on Thursday to launch more assaults on oil installations across Sudan until Khartoum gave in to a string of demands.
"This is only the beginning," said Ahmed Tugud, the chief negotiator of the Justice and Equality Movement. "We will carry out attacks across Sudan and our main target will be oil fields."
JEM said it attacked Sudan’s Defra oil field on Tuesday, killing 20 government soldiers and taking two foreign hostages, one Canadian, the (...)