Sudanese army has killed more than 50 rebels: report

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Sudanese army has killed more than 50 rebels: report

January 12, 2013 08:36 AM

A Sudanese man displays on October 11, 2012 damages on the aftermath of shelling by rebels of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in the capital of the Sudanese South Kordofan state, Kadugli. (AFP PHOTO/STR)

KHARTOUM: Sudan's army claims to have killed more than 50 rebels in clashes in the South Kordofan region, the official Sudanese news agency SUNA reported late Friday.

Government troops had pushed back an attack by rebels in the region, killing more than 50 rebels and suffering some dead and wounded themselves, said the army statement carried by SUNA. South Kordofan borders the state of South Sudan.

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