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May 25, 2009, 6:18 GMT

Sudan denies reports of rebel gains

Nairobi/Khartoum - The Sudanese military has denied reports that a rebel group seized control of a military base near the border with Chad, reports said Monday. The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Sunday said that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) had taken Um Baru, about 100 kilometres from the Chad border. However, the Sudan Tribune cited army spokesman Mohamed Osman Al-Agbash as saying the JEM attack had been repelled. The rebels took Kornoi, 50 kilometres west of Um Baru, the previous week. A new round of peace talks between JEM and the Sudanese government is set to get underway on Wednesday in Doha, Qatar. According to the United Nations, as many as 300,000 people have died and 2 million have been displaced in six years of conflict in Darfur.

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