HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN Update
SUDAN: NDA confirms government control
A spokesman for the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
confirmed from the Eritrean capital, Asmara, that the Sudanese government
had regained control of Kassala, eastern Sudan. Spokesman Yasir Arman said
NDA forces had "withdrawn" on Thursday morning. More than 400 government
soldiers had been killed, claimed the spokesman, and military garrisons
and command posts around Kassala had been "demolished". He said NDA forces
had shot down two helicopter gunships and captured 13 tanks and more than
2,000 rifles. The NDA links northern opposition groups with the Sudan
People's Liberation Army (SPLA), and has an office in Asmara, Eritrea.
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