KHARTOUM - Sudan has arrested six members of the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) serving as observers with the African Union (AU) from an AU peacekeeping base, rebels said on Sunday. The move follows an attack by JEM on Suleia town in West Darfur on Saturday.The six were monitors assigned to maintain contacts with the African Union, as part of a stalled ceasefire commission which also included Sudan’s army as well as other rebel groups to investigate truce violations. ‘They were taken by the government in el-Fasher from inside the headquarters of the African Union base in front of their eyes,’ JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim told Reuters from Darfur. ‘They (the AU) failed to protect them,’ he said.
| AU is a real potent force, isn't it. Might as well bring in the mighty Uruguayans for all the good it will do. |