SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - SLM Abdel-Wahid group clashes with Sudanese forces in eastern Jebel Marra

1/2/2021: Sudan Tribune - SLM Abdel-Wahid group clashes with Sudanese forces in eastern Jebel Marra

 Sudan Tribune report that the holdout rebel Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) clashed with the transitional government forces in eastern Jebel Marra.

 SLM-AW military spokesman Walid Mohamed Abaker “Tongo”  said they repelled  an attack by a "government militia" on their positions, adding that their fighters killed 17 government troops and wounded 23 others, as well as capturing  seven machine guns and three RPG-7.

The SLM-AW is the only group that refuses to hold peace talks with the transitional government. The group rejected the Juba Peace Agreement and accused the armed groups who signed it of seeking government jobs. 

"The movement could reconsider the unilateral cessation of hostilities, to which we have been committed despite the repeated aggression on the areas under our control," Tongo stressed.