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Sudan president threatens to disarm anti-Khartoum militants in South Sudan

Xinhua, April 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Tuesday threatened to send troops into South Sudan to disarm the anti-Sudanese government military groups, official Sudan TV reported.

"We will give them (South Sudan government) the opportunity to make the right decision and disarm the armed movements; otherwise the Rapid Support Forces are ready to disarm them," the TV quoted al-Bashir as saying at Gouz Dango area in South Darfur State.

"We have the right to defend ourselves against any agent or outlaw even if in Raja, Aweil or Juba," he added.

Al-Bashir on Tuesday arrived at Gouz Dango area in South Darfur state where recently clashes took place between the Rapid Support forces, which belong to the National Intelligence and Security Service, and the rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).

Addressing the troops at a military garrison at the area, al-Bashir urged the South Sudan government to stop supporting the rebels and cease its enmity towards Sudan.

On Sunday, the Sudanese army announced in a statement that it repelled an attack on South Darfur State by armed groups supported by South Sudan.

In the statement, the army accused South Sudan of harboring and training rebel groups, saying " the JEM rebels have been trained for months by foreign experts at the Raja area in South Sudan's Bahral-Ghazal State with the aim of sabotaging Sudan."

The rebels' plan was mainly to target oil fields, banks and markets at different localities, it said.

Clashes took place between the two sides for two successive days at the Damaso locality, 80 km south of Nyala, the state capital, and at Al-Nakhara area, west of Damaso.

Sudan is accusing South Sudan of harboring and aiding the Revolutionary Front Alliance, which links together three major Darfur rebel groups besides Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/Northern sector. Endit