Sudan's air force has carried out new bombing raids against two rebel areas of Darfur province, the African Union says. The fresh attacks on Saturday threatened to de-rail a peace deal between Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), the main rebel group, the AU said in a statement on Sunday. | "For the first time, I visited them in the field and I was able to get a ceasefire commitment from them. Unfortunately it looks like I led them to the area to get bombed." |
One rebel group confirmed the attack, but did not say much damage had been caused. "For the first time, I visited them [rebels] in the field in Um Rai [North Darfur] ... and I was able to get a ceasefire commitment from them," Aprezi said. "Unfortunately [Sudan's army] went and bombed the area and it looks like I led them to the area to get bombed."
The meeting was held on Friday and he notified the government of it, he said. Aprezi's AU force, hampered by lack of equipment and funds, has struggled to stem the violence in remote western Sudan.